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January 8, 2019
Recent Alumni Spotlight – Tyon James
Alumnus Tyon James attended both the Economics for Leaders Program held at Cornell University in Ithaca New York and the Leadership Academy held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2018. Since his time in the program Tyon has been a great advocate of the FTE…December 12, 2018
Alumni Spotlight – Jonathon Fisher (UCLA ’09)
Jonny Fisher is an alum of our Economics for Leaders program (UCLA 2009) and worked as Program Coordinator for three summers while he was a college student at the University of California, Berkeley. Jonny has been busy since his time with FTE, interning as…November 5, 2018
Teacher Spotlight – Krista Oberlindacher
Krista Oberlindacher has learned a lot about teaching economics over the last 15 years working as a teacher at various middle schools and high schools in the Boise area. Throughout that time, Krista has also gained personal business experience after buying…October 9, 2018
Recent Alumni Spotlight – Danielle Goodstein
In summer 2018 Danielle attended two FTE programs. First, our flagship program Economics for Leaders at Yale University. Following this program she traveled to our Leadership Academy in Washington, DC which is an extension program to EFL that challenges participants…September 6, 2018
FTE Online Courses
The FTE has been providing quality online instruction for economic(s) educators for many years. These online courses are unique in that educators can earn professional development and/or graduate credits in economics at a relatively low cost. Our classes offer…August 30, 2018
Summer Wrap-Up
Another summer season with FTE has come to a close! We held 16 programs in all 5 regions of the United States. We had the help of 59 staff members specializing in leadership and economics and we served a total of 554 students and 115 teachers. Here’s what…July 18, 2018
Site Spotlight – Washington DC
Different from our other site locations is the site of Washington, DC. The Leadership Academy reunion program for alumni of EFL and EHFL is not held on a particular college campus, but rather hosted in the heart of the District of Columbia. Participating in…July 2, 2018
Teacher Spotlight – Joseph Hauser
Economics teacher Joseph Hauser attended our Right Start program in 2010 and it has since changed the way he thinks about economics! For 14 years Joseph has been been teaching students on a variety of subjects, including Economics, Government and U.S. History.…June 21, 2018
FTE Staff Member Receives Economic Education Leadership Award
FTE Curriculum Director, Debbie Henney was recently nominated for the prestigious Economic Education Leadership Award from the Arizona Council on Economic Education! About Henney, the Arizona Council on Economic Education says, “Henney was nominated for…