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The Economics Center’s Alpaugh Scholars Leadership Program is designed in collaboration with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce and modeled after the highly successful Leadership Cincinnati Program. The program is an opportunity for local educators to get introduced to the local economy and current issues that affect schools and education. Since its beginning three years ago, the Alpaugh Leadership Program has attracted over 100 principals, superintendents, teachers and other school administrators from Southwest Ohio school districts.

The Stock Market Game (SMG) Ohio

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The Economics Center and the University of Cincinnati have launched a statewide portal for the Stock Market Game. Stock Market Game (SMG) Ohio (www.smgohio.org) was created for educators and students interested in financial education, while giving UC a chance to be promoted throughout the state. The
Economics Center partnered with the Cleveland Cavaliers to host the first Investment Challenge in the northeast region. Over 800 students are participating.

Why Money Matters

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The Center’s Development Office has worked hard to get local and national organizations on board to help the Center carry out its mission to build a vibrant community by inspiring students through economic and financial education. Recently, there have been three major contributions from the Charles H. Dater Foundation, Citigroup Credit Services and US Bank.

In 2006, the Economics Center for Education & Research Chief Operations Officer, John Morris, presented testimony to the State of Ohio Senate and House of Representatives Education Subcommittees on the need for more financial education in schools. Shortly thereafter, as a part of Senate Bill 311, Ohio mandated financial literacy in all Ohio high schools as a part of a required course for graduation beginning in 2010-11. While this was great news for Ohio’s students, it was also an “unfunded mandate”.