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MURPHYSBORO TEACHERS VENTURE OUT OF CLASSROOM AND INTO THE ST, LOUIS FED ~-93 FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Himmelberg, 314-444-8311 FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 18, 1994 ST. LOUIS -- Marcia Allen and Keith Smith, teachers at Murphysboro High School, traded in their pointers for pencils on Nov. 7, 1994, to attend The ABCs of Global Trade, a free economic education workshop hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis , in conjunction with the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. At the workshop, Allen and Smith and more than 60 other Missouri and Illinois high school teachers learned the issues behind free trade and creative ways to explain them to their students. The need for this type of economic education is clear. A 1992 Gallop Poll on American Economic Literacy found that when American high school seniors were asked questions about economics, only 35 percent could give correct answers. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (more) fundamental ECONOMIC WORICSHOP/2 Moreover, most respondents rated their knowledge of economics as only fair or poor and overwhelmingly agreed that schools should teach more about how the economy works. This workshop is one in a series of instructional programs sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. As part of its commitment to Fed provides economic education, the St. Louis educators, students and the public with programs and materials on economic issues and concepts, as well as the role of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has branches in Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. It serves the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which includes all of Arkansas, eastern Missouri, western Kentucky and Tennessee, southern Indiana and Illinois, and northern Mississippi. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ***
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