Campaign for Economic Literacy

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Economic development — it’s everywhere.
Economic development committees and strategic plans abound throughout South Carolina. South Carolina's New Economy...Raising the Per Capita Income...Team South Carolina...The Palmetto Institute…Industry Clustering Initiative… South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Competitiveness Council… Public/Private Partnerships for Entrepreneurship….State, County, Municipal and Community Economic Development Boards, Corporations, and Committees……

But…
Are you thinking in terms of preparing youth to sustain these plans?

May we suggest…
Pull up a seat to the committee table and put a kindergarten child in that chair.

Ask yourself…
Will today’s 5-year-old student know the definition of per capita income as a young adult in the year 2020? Will that young adult know how to
successfully engage in the American market economy?

Raise the profile for economic literacy…
Help us build AWARENESS that economic literacy is crucial to our
individual, state and national well-being, and SUPPORT the Council’s training programs which are offered at no cost to teachers.

Campign activities include:

Survey of Economic Literacy
In partnership with the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General and Merrill Lynch, SCCEE conducted a survey of high school students to examine their familiarity with basic economic principles.

Attorney General Henry McMaster released the survey results at a press conference in January. Click here for the results.

Book Distribution and In-Service Training Programs
Through support from the National Council on Economic Education and the SC Attorney General, SCCEE is offering an economic book distribution and in-service training program to elementary and middle schools in the bottom third of the Poverty Index. The program goal is to improve students’ economic understanding and positively influence their performance on the PACT.

Twenty-nine school districts fall within this range of the poverty index. The program is available to the first 25 schools that schedule a training date for their teachers.

Summits on Economic Literacy
SCCEE, the Charlotte Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Centers for Economic Education are sponsoring regional Summits on Economic Literacy for business leaders, school administrators, and others who share our concern about the economic literacy of our children and their future ability to carry out economic development strategies in our communities.