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ACEE hosted a Financial Literacy Family Night event at Alta Loma Elementary School in the Peoria Unified School district and joined by Arizona State Treasurer, Kimberly Yee.

Shadow Ridge High School students, Stephen MacKeller and Noah Axelson worked with ACEE to bring Financial Fitness in Action to their school.  Read all about it in the Dysart Community Connect newsletter.

Team Intangible Assets from Hamilton High School emerged as the state champions in the Personal Finance Challenge of the ACEE’s Mayors’ Challenge for Economic Education.  As state champions, Team Intangible Assets earned the opportunity to compete at the National Personal Finance Challenge, held at the prestigious Cleveland Federal Reserve. Their impressive semi-final presentation highlighted their … Read more

Team EGGO from Hamilton High School emerged as the state champions in the Economics Challenge competition of the ACEE’s Mayors’ Challenge for Economic Education.  Their remarkable performance earned them a spot in the National Economics Challenge finals, held at the esteemed New York City Federal Reserve, where they achieved an impressive 4th place nationally. Team EGGO’s exceptional skills … Read more

Several teachers and instructional coaches from districts in Pinal County, recently attended “Making Math Real for Students Through Personal Finance Connections” facilitated by Robin Palmer, Director, Entrepreneurship and Financial Math for the Arizona Council on Economic Education. Students often lack understanding of financial concepts that will impact their lives. The goal of “Money Minutes” is to help … Read more

Today ACEE announced its participation in the Grow with Google Indigenous Career Readiness Program. The initiative helps prepare Native students for the workforce through digital skills training and workshops.

A West Valley high school found a way to exercise the financial fitness for some of their student-athletes. On Monday, the Centennial High School football players put their helmets and picked up papers describing a new position they’ve likely never played before. Like Dylan Roberts, a starting defensive tackle who’s committed to playing with the … Read more

What would you do with an idea and some money? The Arizona Council on Economic Education is teaching Arizona students that their answer can be “starting my own business.”   Entrepreneurship is a growing trend, even among teenagers.

Going beyond the classroom to help students make “cents” of their finances.  Two students at Shadow Ridge High School, along with the Arizona Council of Economic Education

Two Arizona teachers were honored with the 2022 Economic Education Teacher of the Year award at the 9th annual Champions in Education event.