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NCEE News 
NCEE Annual Conference The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) and National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) are gearing up for the 2004 Annual Conference to be held at the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, AR, on Sept. 29-Oct. 2. This conference now has a "Teachers' Track," providing workshops for elementary, middle and high school teachers on new ideas and strategies for teaching and integrating economics in the classroom. A number of Illinois teachers will be attending, along with staff from ICEE and its Centers. Watch for information on next year's conference (in San Antonio) in our Spring 2005 E-CONnections. We hope you'll plan to join us there! Teacher Spotlight: Winner to Attend NCEE Annual Conference Ms. Connie Moran, teacher with the Ariel Community Academy in Chicago, will travel to Little Rock and attend the NCEE Annual Conference as the guest of ICEE. Through a grant from Bank of America, ICEE surveyed all Illinois teachers who have participated over the past two years in financial literacy training featuring the Financial Fitness for Life (FFFL) curriculum. The survey was conducted in an effort to determine the extent to which the FFFL curriculum is being used, as well as the teachers' perception of its overall effectiveness. The 105 teachers who participated in this voluntary survey (conducted during the 2004 spring semester) were automatically entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes, including NCEE curriculum materials and ICEE T-shirts. Ms. Moran is the proud recipient of the grand prize from that drawing; a free trip to the 2004 Annual Conference! Congratulations, Connie! NCEE Awarded Excellence in Economic Education Grant NCEE has been awarded the Excellence in Economic Education Grant by the US Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. Congress authorized the Excellence in Economic Education (EEE) Act as a part of the landmark No Child Left Behind legislation, and appropriated $1.5 million for EEE in Fiscal Year 2004. As described in the Department of Education's notice, the EEE program "promotes economic and financial literacy among all students in kindergarten through grade 12 through the award of one grant to a national nonprofit education organization that has as its primary purpose the improvement of student understanding of personal finance and economics." NCEE has issued Requests for Proposals to fund a variety of activities, including teacher training, providing and distributing resources to school districts, conducting economic and financial literacy education research, conducting evaluations of the impact of such education on students, and encouraging replication of best practices in the field of economic and financial literacy education. Eligible applicants include any State education agency, local education agency or State or local economic, personal finance, or entrepreneurial education organization. The overall goal of the grant is promotion of economic and financial literacy among all students in kindergarten through grade 12. Additional information will be posted on the NCEE website and updated regularly. Other New NCEE Grants NCEE has received three corporate grants for creating new curriculum materials. These include:
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