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The Lakeland College Center for Economic Education is actively involved in economic and financial education research and curriculum development. Below are some examples of our center's work: JOURNAL ARTICLES: 'Quantitative Easing and the Fed: Ghost Story II' (with William Wood and Mark Schug), Social Education, Vol. 75, No. 2, (March/April 2011): 98-101. 'The Ethical Foundations of Economics: Assessing A Curriculum for High School Students' (with William Wood and Kim Nygard), Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 25, No. 2, (Spring 2010): 189-197. 'Who Will Stimulate the Economic Recovery?: A Ghost Story' (with William Wood and Mark Schug), Social Education, Vol. 74, No. 2, (March 2010): 76-79. 'The Economist as Dean: An Investigation of the Academic Training of Business School Deans' (with Sarah Cosgrove), Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, (Spring 2010): 217-228. 'Keynesian, Monetarist and Supply-Side Policies: An Old Debate Gets New Life' (with William Wood), Social Education, Vol. 73, No. 2, (March 2009): 65-70. 'Teaching Ethics to High School Students: Virtue Meets Economics' (with William Wood and Kim Nygard), Social Education, Vol. 73, No. 2, (March 2009): 76-78. 'First-Year Experience Course Improves Students' Financial Literacy,' Journal for College Transitions, Vol. 6, No. 25, (September 2008): 9-11. 'New MPS Teachers Speak Out on Their Training' (with Mark Schug), Wisconsin Interest, Vol. 17, No. 2, (Spring 2008): 37-42. 'Can Students Learn Economics in the Social Studies?' (with Mark Schug), Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 23, No. 2, (Spring 2008): 167-176. 'Teaching Free Markets' (with Mark Schug), Wisconsin Interest, Vol. 16, No. 2, (Spring 2007): 41-43. 'An Evaluation of Learning, Earning and Investing: A Model Program for Financial Education' (with Mark Schug), Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 22, No. 1, (Fall 2006): 196-208. 'Crunching the Numbers: The State of Economic and Financial Education in Wisconsin's Schools' (with Mark Schug), Wisconsin School News, Vol. 61, No. 3, (August 2006): 6-10. 'Resources for Teaching Economics in Wisconsin Schools' (with Mark Schug), The Journal of The Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, (Spring 2006): 42-46. 'The Fed's Year of Transition' (with Mark Schug), Social Education, Vol. 70, No. 2, (March 2006): 62-68. 'Your Credit Counts Challenge: A Model Program for Financial Education for Low and Moderate Income Adults' (with Mark Schug and James Wood), Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 22, No. 2, (Spring 2006): 196-208. 'The State of Financial and Economic Education in Wisconsin Schools' (with Mark Schug), The Journal of The Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, (Spring 2005): 8-14. BOOK CHAPTERS, MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS: 'Failing our Children: Wisconsin's Deficit in Teaching Personal Finance and Economics', Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, Vol. 24, No. 3, (April 2011). John Maynard Keynes'Dead But Not Forgotten. In M. C. Schug & W. Wood (Eds.), Teaching Social Studies in Troubled Times: Theory and Practice for Secondary Social Studies. Rutledge Press. October 2010. 'Learning Assessment: Gen I Revolution Video Game', Council on Economic Education, (July 2010). Learning Assessment: Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics National Council on Economic Education, (July 2008). 'A Study of the Regulatory and Business Climate: Milwaukee, Green Bay, Denver, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill' (with Mark Schug), Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Report, (June 2008). 'Learning Assessment: Focus: Understanding Economics in U.S. History' (with Mark Schug), National Council on Economic Education, (March 2007). 'Learning Assessment: Learning, Earning and Investing' (with Mark Schug), National Council on Economic Education, (February 2006). ECONOMIC EDUCATION MATERIALS: 'Should Lebron James Mow His Own Lawn?' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (January 2011). Teaching Financial Crises: A Guide for High School Teachers. (with Rick Fenner, Cheryl Morrow and Brett Burkey) New York: National Council on Economic Education. (2010). 'The Trading Game' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (July 2010). Gen I Revolution Video Game, (Developed creative content for economics and personal finance video game available at www.genirevolution.com), Council on Economic Education (October 2009). 'Who is Ben Bernanke?' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (June 2009). 'It's a Not So Wonderful Life,' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (May 2007). 'Why Does Brett Favre Make $8.5 Million Per Year?' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (June 2006). 'Was Babe Ruth Underpaid?' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (January 2005). 'No Fireworks on the 4th of July!' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (January 2005). 'Why do we need money? A classroom experiment using Ebay' EconEdLink Online, National Council on Economic Education, (January 2005). ECONOMIC EDUCATION COURSES, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES: 'Great Economists of the Past and Present', 1-credit online course, EconomicsWisconsin, Summer 2011. 'Saving, Investing, Economics and Insurance', 3 credit course, National Institute on Economic and Financial Literacy, July 2011. 'Federal Reserve Bank Policy', 1-credit online course, EconomicsWisconsin, Spring 2011. 'Economics for Clergy and Non Profit Managers', EconomicsWisconsin 2-day conference (with Mark Schug) (2011). 'Economics for Legislators', EconomicsWisconsin 2-day conference (with Mark Schug) (2010, 2011). 'Economics for Journalists', EconomicsWisconsin 2-day conference (with Mark Schug) (2009, 2010, 2011). 'Economics for Teachers', EconomicsWisconsin 2-day conference (with Mark Schug) (2009, 2010, 2011). 'Working Hard or Hardly Working: The Economics of Unemployment', EconomicsWisconsin Webinar (with Mark Schug), September 2010. 'Economics in the Headlines', (with Tim O'Driscoll), 1-day course National Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, August 2010. 'Money and Banking for Teachers', 1-credit online course, EconomicsWisconsin. Spring and Fall 2009. 'Get Your Students Pumped Up on Personal Finance and Economics Conference', Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI, October 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 'Get Your Students Pumped Up on Financial Fitness', Lakeland College, October 2006. GRANT PROPOSALS: Virtual Economics: Workshops for Southeastern Wisconsin Teachers (2011): State Farm and the Council on Economic Education, $15,000 A Complete Economic and Financial Literacy Program at an Urban Charter School (2010), U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement: $25,000 Tax and Business Regulation Index for Wisconsin Cities (2006), Bradley Foundation: $45,000.