It Pays to Stay in School

Time: 60 mins,

Updated: March 24 2021,

Author: Cheryl McGaughey

Teacher Version

Objective Standards Summary Resources Procedure

Objective

Students will be able to:

Examine and compare several incentive programs encouraging students to stay in school.
Recognize the benefits of staying in school from different perspectives.
Discover how economic disincentive programs can also be used to motivate students to stay in school.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

National Standards in Financial Literacy

State Standards

Concepts

Balance of Payments, Incentives, Specialization, Specialization

In this personal finance lesson, students will analyze and develop stay-in-school incentive programs for a group of students.

Resources

Procedure

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