The Kansas Council for Economic Education is a nonprofit organization providing economic and personal finance education support to K-12 teachers in Kansas.
Currently hosted by the Frank W. Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, we are affiliated with each of the six state universities (ESU, FHSU, KSU, KU, PSU and WSU) through their respective Centers for Economic Education and have offered graduate credit courses.
Additionally, KCEE offers dozens of non-credit workshops and professional development opportunities across the state and online through EconEdLink.org, a free online resource for teachers. Customized in-service training at schools is another service we provide, often in partnership with the Kansas Centers for Economic Education.
We are part of an affiliated international network led by the Council for Economic Education (CEE), formerly the National Council for Economic Education, a recognized leader in economic education who facilitates membership in EconEdLink.org. Although we work independently, many of our curriculum resources are provided through CEE, are of the very best quality, developed & classroom-tested by experienced economics educators, and are available for discounted order through KCEE.
Please consider allowing KCEE to help your local school provide more economics and personal finance education. We’ll show your teachers easy ways to integrate economics and personal finance into almost any subject area and grade level.
History & Timeline
Since our founding in 1959, our focus has been to equip teachers with the resources and skills needed to educate the youth of Kansas with knowledge of personal finance and economics. From our inception, the Council has been positioned to serve the whole state of Kansas, although we have changed location several times.
- 1959 – KCEE (Kansas Council on Economic Education) founded at KSU in Manhattan, KS
- 1962 – Moved to Washburn University Campus
- 1967 – Returned to Kansas State University Campus
- 1977 – The Stock Market Game (SMG) created & adopted as a program
- 1993 – Relocated to Wichita State University Campus
- 1997 – LifeSmarts adopted as a program
- 2001 – 1st Financial Fitness Institute held (a reinvention of our past PEP program)
- 2002 – 1st Kansas Economics Challenge held
- 2002 – 1st Kansas Economics Poster Contest held
- 2005 – Financial Foundations for Kids created for Kansas Teachers
- 2008 – 1st Kansas Personal Finance Challenge held
- 2009 – KCEE celebrated 50 years
- 2011 – Logo & name changes (Kansas Council for Economic Education)
- 2013 – 1st statewide Financial Fitness Extravaganza teacher conference held
- 2019 – KCEE celebrated 60 years
- 2024 – KCEE celebrated 65 years
- 2025 – Partnered with state agencies to offer financial literacy basics to ABLE savings-eligible foster children
Over 65 years later, the Council has increased the number and quality of its programs and services. Yet, through all this growth, KCEE’s central purpose – to support teachers in educating youth (grades K-12) to be literate in personal finance and economics – has not changed.