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Economics education grows from playground to high school
Elementary and high school teachers increasingly teach economics and personal finance amid lagging public knowledge. In Homewood Willow School, Nancy Hanlon leads weekly lessons on scarcity and choice, while Illinois requires limited personal finance for graduation. Across districts, schools expand or defend economics not as a standard but as a practical tool for financial literacy and career readiness.
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Homewood
Willow
Nancy Hanlon
Hanlon
Louis Harris
National Council On Economic Education
Tim Schilling
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Illinois
Sheryl Szot Gallaher
Office On
Governors State University
Feraway Park
Orland Park
Robert Newgard
Chicago Heights
A.C. Rockettoes
Newgard
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Lee Gaus
Chasey
John Galt
Ayn Rand
Carolyn Burns
Dave Smith
Thornton High School
Chicago Bulls
Smith
District 205
Purdue University