Econ Express

GPB EDUCATION

ECON EXPRESS ENGAGES STUDENTS IN BASIC ECONOMIC CONCEPTS

GPB Education and the Georgia Council on Economic Education recently launched Econ Express, a game-changing, free online resource to help students learn, practice and assess basic economic concepts in a creative and engaging way.

by Mandy Wilson

“I wish I’d had access to this resource when I was in the classroom!”

- Dr. Chris Cannon

Assoc. Dir. of the Georgia Council on Economic Education

Covering 51 concepts, Econ Express serves as a general overview of the content typically taught in a high school “Intro to Economics” course, from the basics of scarcity and productive resources to more intricate topics like comparative advantage and monetary policy. Econ Express provides an overview of economics that is accessible and easy to use. The “Learn” section provides a quick description of each concept at three different levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Following that is a “Practice” section with interactive activities that give teachers and students the opportunity to apply what they just learned. Finally, the “Assess” section challenges the learner with five multiple choice assessment questions.

To access Econ Express, go to gpb.org/econ-express.

“There are sites that have pieces of this, but there is no online source that has all of these features in one easy-to-use package,” noted Dr. Chris Cannon, Associate Director of the Georgia Council on Economic Education. He added, “I wish I’d had access to this resource when I was in the classroom!”

Econ Express was made possible by generous support from the Truist Foundation, the Callaway Foundation and the UPS Foundation.