Economics for Teachers: Musings about Teaching Economics

I won’t be in Philadelphia but for those attending the meetings, here are all the education-related sessions I could find (please let me know if I missed any!): Jan 03, 2014 10:15 am, Philadelphia Marriott, Grand Ballroom - Salon L American Economic Association Experiments and the Economics Classroom (I2) (Panel Discussion) Panel Moderator : TISHA EMERSON (Baylor University) SHERYL BALL (Virginia Tech) TED BERGSTROM (University of California-Santa Barbara) CHARLES HOLT (University of Virginia) JOHN MORGAN (University of California-Berkeley) Jan 03, 2014 12:30 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 305 National Association of Economic Educators Determinants of Student Achievement in High School and Undergraduate Economics and Personal Finance Classrooms (A2) Presiding : ANDREW HILL (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) Does Student Engagement Affect Student Achievement in High School Economics Classes? JODY HOFF (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) JANE LOPUS (California Sta...

Actual inflation might be running low but according to PNC's annual Christmas Price Index , the cost of Christmas is up 7.7% (or 6.9% if you sum up ALL the gifts for all the repetitions of the song). Of the individual items, nine ladies dancing is up the most, 20% - perhaps a sign of growing gender wage equality? PNC also calculates a 'core' index (10.6%) that excludes the swans, since they are the most volatile item in the basket, and they point out that this is analogous to the core CPI which excludes food and energy. Also, if anyone needs gift ideas for academic friends, this mug is a must-have! (also available as a t-shirt !)