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Students team up with Delegate Landes to win
From left, Gabino Cruz-Hernandez and Davey Stone show Del. Landes their winning ranking on the computer, joined by teammate Joshua Varner. Delegate Steve Landes (R-25th district) checked in at Turner...
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Summer entrepreneurship lessons
Here are some summer entrepreneurship lessons from JMU’s Lynne Stover, published on Scholar’s Choice: Part 1 Part 2 Check them out and see why they are drawing “likes” on Facebook!
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Stover: Personal finance can be fun
In two new articles published at Scholar’s Choice, JMU’s Lynne Stover says that teaching financial concepts can be fun — and doesn’t have to be done in an exclusive class taught at a specific time....
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Stover lesson published
JMU’s Lynne Stover has authored a lesson on Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave in Virginia but rose to a distinguished career in higher education. The lesson, recently published on the Council...
View ArticleGEM Fair video tells the story
The 2014 GEM Fair is history! Here’s a short video explaining how Mini-Economies from across the region meet in a simulated international marketplace, the GEM Fair. The GEM Fair is sponsored by...
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Stover lesson published in SSRP
A lesson by JMU’s Lynne Stover has been published by the peer-reviewed journal, Social Studies Research and Practice. The lesson, now available online, helps students understand the content of...
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Stock Market Game winners honored
Here’s the Stock Market Game team from Wilson Elementary in Fishersville, posing at the state awards ceremony in Richmond. These four students won the elementary division of the fall 2013 game. The...
View ArticleThe summer institute story
Here’s a video that tells the story of the Summer Institute in Economics at JMU in 2014. It was great preparation for the new required high school class in economics and personal finance:
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Fall workshop registration open
The JMU Center for Economic Education is offering a wide-ranging set of economic education workshops for K-12 educators. Topics include the Stock Market Game, personal finance, and economics in...
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Stover lesson on The Giver published
A lesson by JMU’s Lynne Stover based on the award-winning young adult book The Giver has been published by the Council for Economic Education on the council’s national resource site, econedlink.org....
View ArticleSummer workshops available
Update: Time is growing short but seats are still available. Register online or contact Lynne Stover at 540 568-3248. Enrollment is now open for a personal finance institute June 22-26. The institute...
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Our mission is to promote economic literacy in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Here are some of the things we can offer you to help: Register for a workshop Read our newsletter Find lessons...
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Students team up with Delegate Landes to win
From left, Gabino Cruz-Hernandez and Davey Stone show Del. Landes their winning ranking on the computer, joined by teammate Joshua Varner. Delegate Steve Landes (R-25th district) checked in at Turner...
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Summer entrepreneurship lessons
Here are some summer entrepreneurship lessons from JMU’s Lynne Stover, published on Scholar’s Choice: Part 1 Part 2 Check them out and see why they are drawing “likes” on Facebook!
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New lessons for elementary students
Here are some new lessons for Grades 2-4 from the “Reading Makes ¢ents” program sponsored by the Virginia Council on Economic Education and Virginia 529: 1. Helen Keller Lesson Reading Makes ¢ents 2....
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Stover is NAEE winner
JMU’s Lynne Stover has won an award from the National Association of Economic Educators for her economics lesson on labor leader Cesar Chavez. The lesson, published by LibrarySparks, is titled...
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Ruliffson wins national award
Allen Ruliffson addresses a national audience of economic educators in St. Petersburg. Allen J. Ruliffson, who teaches seventh grade social studies at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School, has received the...
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GEM Fair gets new sponsor: Thanks, Union Bank & Trust!
Union Bank & Trust is now the presenting sponsor of the Global Entrepreneurship Marketplace Fair (GEM Fair). Held each year at James Madison University, the GEM Fair brings together Mini-Economics...
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Kohrs wins top state award
Russell Kohrs Russell Kohrs of the Massanutten Regional Governor’s School has won the top prize in the open state economic education awards competition sponsored by the Virginia Council on Economic...
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