Category: Teachers
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…
Economic Reasoning Propositions
November 4, 2019 We often get the question, “what will we learn at Economics for Leaders?” At Economics for Leaders,…
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 – Greg Caskey
February 6, 2018 Meet the author of FTE’s latest Hot Topic, The US Airline Industry…Fight or Flight!? Greg Caskey teaches Historical Economics at…
Hot Topic: The US Airline Industry…Fight or Flight!?
By Greg Caskey January 18, 2018 Use this Hot Topic in the classroom! Teacher and Student Guides. “It’s time to level…
Teacher Alumni Spotlight – Tamela West
November 2, 2017 In 2012, I was an English, speech and drama teacher who had been teaching for about 25…
We Don’ Need No Stinkin’ MOOCS
August 18, 2017 At FTE we believe our online programs are better and more effective than MOOC offerings. Read below…
How Do We Ensure the Ideas of a Free Society Are Passed On?
May 31, 2017 Young people do not look with awe or a sense of wonder at an iPhone, a computer,…
The Streamin’ Blues
What’s not to like about streaming? The music you want, wherever and whenever you want. Sounds good! But does your favorite artist think so?
Hot Topic: In a Pickle
“You’re kidding me?!” That’s what the Alaska food bank director said when Feeding America sent her a semi full of 5 gallon buckets of pickles!
Learn how the economic way of thinking helped a charity sell its way out of a pickle.