Students Try Hand At Business
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROGRAM TEACHES KIDS ABOUT FREE ENTERPRISE
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Luz Martinez, 10, tries to lure buyers to her Fast Frames table Wednesday in the student union at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. Martinez joined with other Springdale school district students in learning about free enterprise by developing a business and selling their merchandise at the college.
Photo by Anthony Reyes
Springdale elementary school students got a taste of the free market Wednesday morning as they took part in an entrepreneurial exercise at NorthWest Arkansas Community College.
About two dozen teams of four to five children turned the college’s Student Center into a bustling market bazaar. They sold everything from painted rocks to hand-sewn pillows. The event, named the Liberty Eagles Expo, was organized by the college’s chapter of Students in Free Enterprise. The expo was the culmination of a six-week program in which elementary school children were taught basic business concepts, said George Tanner, a Sam Walton Fellow at the college.
Tanner said he and about two dozen college students began going to several Springdale public schools last ...
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Now that's education! Bravo to all!
Posted by: newdesignschool
March 11, 2010 at 7:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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