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This paper presents a case study detailing the formation of a partnership between university and high school economics educators. We found that local high school economics teachers craved the specialized knowledge possessed by university economics faculty. Through a simple partnership consisting of face-to-face meetings, emails, and a one-day conference, the economics faculty provided valuable insight to help improve the high school economics curriculum. The university faculty hope to see better-educated and more interested economics students as those high school students enter college.
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A growing body of literature describes community, school, and university partnerships for financial education and literacy (Hagedon et al. 2016).
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Hoffer, A., Beckstrom, A. (2019). University and High School Economics Educators Partnership: A Model from La Crosse, Wisconsin. In: Hall, J., Lawson, K. (eds) Teaching Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20696-3_8
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