University of Connecticut Center for Economic Education

National Council on Economic Education
www.ncee.net
The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. NCEE's mission is to help students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed: to be able to think and choose responsibly as consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and effective participants in a global economy.

The Foundation for Investor Education
www.pathtoinvesting.org
The Foundation for Investor Education is a charitable, educational not-for-profit (501-c-3) organization dedicated to advocating investor education in the U.S through the Investor Education Program , which offers an educational Web site, Path to Investing — Leading the Way to Financial Knowledge® as well as print materials aimed at adults of all levels of investing experience.

National Economics Challenge and the Goldman Sachs Foundation
http://economicschallenge.ncee.net/
The NCEE/Goldman Sachs National Economics Challenge is a state, regional and national competition for high school students designed to increase their understanding of and interest in economics and finance. Students compete in teams for a chance to win prizes and a trip to New York City to compete in the national finals.

Stock Market Game Program
www.stockmarketgame.org
The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio. They think they're playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives.

The Federal Reserve System regional bank websites provide deep and rich monetary system and economic information for public and educational use. Each site has its own character and regional information. Several of the sites listed below take you directly to the sites' web page devoted to economic education.

The New York Stock Exchange
www.nyse.com
The NYSE is the world's leading and most technologically advanced equities market. A broad spectrum of market participants, including listed companies, individual investors, institutional investors and member firms, create the NYSE market. Buyers and sellers meet directly in a fair, open and orderly market to access the best possible price through the interplay of supply and demand. On an average day, 1.5 billion shares, valued at $47.9 billion, trade on the NYSE. In 2003, the NYSE again ranked as the lowest-cost, most efficient exchange in the U.S.

NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,300 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. Approximately 54% of NASDAQ-listed shares traded are reported to NASDAQ systems.

American Stock Exchange
www.amex.com
A comprehensive resource for investors and issuers seeking the unique market environment offered at the American Stock Exchange. By continually cultivating new ideas and building relationships across the globe, the Amex is creating financial opportunities for individual and institutional investors and issuers spanning every industry sector and market size.

Foundation for Teaching Economics
www.fte.org
The mission of the FTE is to introduce young individuals, selected for their leadership potential, to an economic way of thinking about national and international issues, and to promote excellence in economic education by helping teachers of economics become more effective educators.

National Assessment Governing Board
www.nagb.org
Welcome to the National Assessment Governing Board's (NAGB's) web site. The Governing Board is an independent, bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988 to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- commonly known as the "The Nation's Report Card."

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