Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day online workshop that will delve into the issue of economic stability, looking at it from the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Trickle down? Bubble up? Ripple out?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issue of International Trade, looking at it from the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Fair Trade? Free Trade? Trade Protections?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you with lesson plans and other materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day online workshop that will delve into the issue of the Federal Budget, looking at it from the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Annual balanced budget? Cyclical balanced budget? Sustainable balanced budget?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you with lesson plans and other materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day online workshop that will delve into the issue of Retirement Security, looking at it from the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Social Security? Private insurance accounts? A Universal Basic Pension?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you with lesson plans and other materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

[Grades 6-12] Over the course of this full-day virtual event, educators will choose from 7 unique Zoom sessions exploring a wide variety of engaging resources and instructional strategies. Get inspired by our passionate presenters and head into the 2022-2023 school year with an impressive array of classroom-ready materials + a fabulous T-shirt! Attendees will also receive a $25 Grubhub credit to use on July 21 and a certificate of professional development (up to 4 hours).

Over the course of this full-day virtual event, educators will choose from 8 unique Zoom sessions exploring a wide variety of resources and strategies for supporting elementary students' mastery of essential economic and personal finance concepts. Get inspired by our passionate presenters and head into the 2022-2023 school year with an impressive array of classroom-ready resources (including posters and selection of other materials we will ship to you). Attendees will also receive a $25 Grubhub credit to use on July 12 and a certificate of professional development (up to 4.5 hours). View program here.

This is now a virtual event.

[Middle and High School] Bring economics to life for your students with a culminating event highlighting economic issues in a global context. Join us to learn from a talented educator who has been running a successful International Economic Summit with her students for over a decade. Our instructor will show you how to, over the course of a semester, prepare small student teams to take on the role of different countries seeking trade partnerships and pursuing economic development goals in the end-of-course summit day.  Attendees will receive a $25 Grubhub credit.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issue of market power, looking at it from the liberal, radical, and conservative perspectives. What are their different policy ideas about mergers and acquisitions? (Market power regulations? Prosocial competition laws? Free-market competition?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you with lesson plans and other materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day online workshop that will delve into the issue of Health Care, looking at it from the conservative, liberal, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Private health insurance? Regulation with government health-care programs? Single-payer health-care system?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you with lesson plans and other materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Prerequisite for this program: You must have attended at least one VOTE workshop previously.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop focused on solving an issue not covered in the VOTE textbook. Educators will collaborate to begin the process of working through the issue of Immigration. Preliminary work will include the development of shared definitions, goals, definitions, tools, and stories, followed by the development of the conservative, liberal, and radical voices on immigration. The culminating activity will involve questions of pedagogy specific to the challenge of teaching economic issues without bias.

Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issue of the Environment, looking at it from the radical, liberal, and conservative perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (The Green New Deal? Command and control regulation? Private property rights and carbon pricing?) Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch via Grubhub will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

[Grades 6-13] Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issue of Income Distribution, looking at it from the liberal, conservative, and radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Progressive taxes with government programs? Free markets and limited government funded by consumption taxes? Universal basic income and maximum wage caps?) Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issues of Livelihood and Housing, looking at them from the Conservative, Liberal, and Radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Unfettered wage and rent signals? Price ceilings and price floors? Worker-owned business incubators and resident-owned cooperatives?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.

The issues surrounding the federal budget, national debt, and budget deficit are complex, but not beyond the reach of middle and high school students. Join us to explore Understanding Fiscal Responsibility, a set of lessons that use essential dilemmas to help students focus on current fiscal challenges. Grades 6-12 educators in attendance will receive a $25 Grubhub credit.

Producing the goods and services we desire is directly connected to the condition of the natural environment. Economic concepts such as scarcity, trade-offs, incentives, and consumer sovereignty offer guidance for better decision making around the use of natural resources. Join us to explore several middle school lessons from Seas, Trees, and Economies, a curriculum unit published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Three attendees will win $50 EarthHero gift cards!

Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the economy of the United States changed dramatically. Join us to explore lesson plans highlighting the role entrepreneurs, technological innovation, and government policy played in the nation's first industrial revolution. Materials will be suitable for middle and high school U.S. history and social studies courses. All attendees will receive a copy of Charles R. Morris's The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution.

Voices On The Economy (VOTE) is a Tucson-based, award-winning program that teaches educators to present diverse perspectives in a balanced and accurate way so that students can make up their own minds about what they believe and find their own voices on the issues.

Join us for a free, one-day workshop that will delve into the issues of Agriculture and Product Safety, looking at them from the Conservative, Liberal, and Radical perspectives. What are their different policy ideas? (Unfettered price signals? Subsidies and government agencies? Food Security and Product Safety Councils?) How does each perspective analyze the problem? Hands-on exercises will bring the material alive, and we will provide you materials so you can bring these ideas back to your classrooms.

No previous knowledge of economics is required. Appropriate for all subject areas and levels of educators from middle school through university. Lunch will be provided. You will earn a certificate for 6.0 hours of professional development. The VOTE Educator Series is taught by VOTE founder and president Amy S. Cramer, Ph.D.