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Why We Should Be Teaching Students Economic Literacy

Ted Tucker, Executive Director, Foundation for Teaching Economics October 26, 2022 More high schools are offering courses on personal finance…

Staff Spotlight – Jamie Wagner

FTE is known nationally for its emphasis on active learning and the engaging activities and lessons used to teach economics.…

Staff Spotlight – John Kessler

My name is John Kessler and I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance at Purdue…

Staff Spotlight – Andrea Weiss

  Meet Andrea Weiss, FTE Program Coordinator. Andrea first got involved with FTE when she attended EFL as a student…

Staff Spotlight – Dee Goines

This week we spotlight Dee Goines. Dee is an FTE Student Administrator and leads the leadership activities at programs throughout…

Alumni Spotlight: Christina Chen

Meet Christina Chen. She is an alumni of Economics for Leaders 2020 UC Berkeley virtual program. She recently participated in…

Welcome: 2020-21 FTE Student Ambassadors

This year, FTE is welcoming thirty-seven student ambassadors who are committed to sharing the economic way of thinking. FTE Ambassadors…

The Pox of Liberty – A Book Review By Dr. Price Fishback

FTE professor and University of Arizona economic historian, Price Fishback, writes that the current crisis has brought into focus the…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Sophia Sweeney

Sophia Sweeney is a 2019 alumna attending Economic History for Leaders at the University of California, Berkeley. History is one…