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Top 5 Econ Lessons For Your Classroom

By Jamie Wagner, Professor and Economics Teaching Fellow with the Foundation for Teaching Economics and an Associate Professor at the…

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Teachers Learn About the Tradeoffs of Renewable Energy Future

Amanda Stiglbauer, FTE mentor teacher, summarizes FTE’s conference on the tradeoffs associated with renewable energy. This special topic conference, held…

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A Simple Activity To Explain A Change in Demand vs A Change in Quantity Demanded

Jamie Wagner is a Professor and Teaching Fellow with the Foundation for Teaching Economics as well as an Associate Professor…

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