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High School Resources

Here are some reading lists, websites, film lists, documents and other materials that high school teachers and students might find useful. They were collected by teachers and students working  in conjunction with the Union for Radical Political Economics. For more information about URPE, and its speaker/resource bureau Economy Connection, browse through other sections of this website. Economy Connection can provide speakers for your high school class.

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Critique of Mainstream
Economics Standards

The National Council on Economics Education, a mainstream economics group, has published a list of 20 "standards" for teaching economics. Paddy Quick has written a radical rebuttal. Click here to read it.

 

Resource Lists & Websites

Resource list from URPE's Economy Connection

Reviews of Economics Films by Geoff Schneider and Charles Sackrey

Rethinking Schools, an Urban Educational Journal

Teaching for Change, Network of Educators on the Americas

Dollars and Sense has a good website; here are their classroom resources.

Center for Popular Economics

United for a Fair Economy

Educators for Social Responsibility, National

Educators for Social Responsibility, NY Metro Branch

TeachableMoment.org

Southern Poverty Law Center

Highlander Center

Monthly Review Press