14 teachers earn economics praise

Economics Arkansas recently named 14 Arkansas teachers as the 2018 Bessie B. Moore Award winners for excellence in economic and personal finance teaching in pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms.

The teachers were honored by the nonprofit educational organization at the 23rd annual Bessie B. Moore awards luncheon Nov. 7 in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock.

The winners and their projects were:

Phillip Carlock, “Stephens Elementary Financial Lit. Program,” Little Rock School District.

Melanie Adams, Amy Bras-well, Jillane Johnson, Elizabeth McMichael and Rachel Racop, “It Takes a Village to Build a New Country,” Don Roberts Elementary School, Little Rock School District.

Larisha Nelson, “S.A.W. (Students at Work),” Crystal Hill Elementary School, Pulaski County Special School District.

Susie Thompson, “Satisfaction Guaranteed! (Or is it?) Globalization, Trade and World Economics,” Little Rock Christian Academy.

Jennifer Malugen, “Economics and the Three Little…,” Springdale School District.

Michele Jackson, “Make it Personal! Inspiring Teens to Embrace Personal Finance Responsibility,” Siloam Springs School District.

Jessica Culver, “Yoganomics: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Econ!” Ozark School District.

Tracy Floyd, Rheachel Hendricks and Kristina Thrift, “Economics Comes Naturally in the Natural State,” Fort Smith School District.

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