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Alumni Spotlight – Jonathon Fisher (UCLA ’09)

December 12, 2018 Jonny Fisher is an alum of our Economics for Leaders program (UCLA 2009) and worked as Program…

Teacher Spotlight – Krista Oberlindacher

November 5, 2018 Krista Oberlindacher has learned a lot about teaching economics over the last 15 years working as a…

Recent Alumni Spotlight – Danielle Goodstein

October 9, 2018 In summer 2018 Danielle attended two FTE programs. First, our flagship program Economics for Leaders at Yale…

Summer Wrap-Up

August 30, 2018 Another summer season with FTE has come to a close! We held 16 programs in all 5 regions…

Site Spotlight – Washington DC

July 18, 2018 Different from our other site locations is the site of Washington, DC. The Leadership Academy reunion program…

Teacher Spotlight – Joseph Hauser

July 2, 2018 Economics teacher Joseph Hauser attended our Right Start program in 2010 and it has since changed the…

FTE Staff Member Receives Economic Education Leadership Award

June 21, 2018 FTE Curriculum Director, Debbie Henney was recently nominated for the prestigious Economic Education Leadership Award from the…

Site Spotlight – Yale University

June 18, 2018 Today marks our first day of summer programs! FTE will be returning to Yale University this summer…

Recent Alumni Profile – Arran Wass-Little

May 29, 2018 Recent alumnus, Arran Wass-Little, attended our Economics for Leaders (EFL) program at the University of California, Berkeley…

Trade Wars: Economics Awakens

Trade Wars – Economics Awakens (repost)

FTE is re-posting this article written during Trump 1.0. Much of what Professor Malek had to say about tariffs back…

Teacher Spotlight – Kathryn Gustafson

April 18, 2018 Kathryn Lloyd Gustafson is no stranger to the FTE teacher programs, attending 11 of our offerings over…

Recent Alumni Profile – Lea Vallone

March 23, 2018 Applications are still rolling for select sites. Please visit our website at https://fte.org/students/economics-for-leaders-program/sites-dates/  for the most up to date…