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Fall 2002

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2002

Should Economic Education Be Left the Public Schools? The Youth Enterprise Academies for Urban Youth

Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Eric Hagedorn, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tracy J. Posnanski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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ShouldEconomicEducationBeLefttothePublicSchools?TheYouthEnterpriseAcademiesforUrbanYouthMarkC.SchugEricHagedornTracyJ.PosnanskiUniversityofWisconsinBMilwaukeeEconomiceducationislessfrequentlyofferedinlargeurbanhighschoolsthanitisinthesuburbsormedium-sizedcities(Walstad,2001).Thisisnotsurprising.Wesuspectthatconcernsaboutsuchissuesaslowacademicachievementandlowschoolcompletionrateswouldoftenovershadowtheimportanceofeconomicandfinancialeducation.Nonetheless,thereisgrowingevidenceofproblemsresultingfrompooreconomicandfinancialeducationincluding:$Alargenetworthgapbetweenwhites($94,900in1998asmeasuredin1998dollars)andnonwhites($16,400in1998asmeasuredin1998dollars)(FederalReserveSystem,2000).$Alargenumber(10million)ofunbankedhouseholdsintheUnitedStatesmostofwhich(57percent)areminorityhouseholds(Toussaint-Comeau&Rhine,2000).$A51percentincreaseinbankruptcyratesamongtheyoungfrom1991to1999(UnitedStatesGeneralAccountingOffice,2001).Whatexplainstheseproblems?Wesuspectthatlackofeconomicandfinancialeducationisamongthemostimportantvariables.Wesuggestthatwecannolongerwaitforpublicschoolstoactwithoutcompetitioninthisarea.Instead,collegesanduniversitiesalongwithcommunitypartnersshouldconsiderofferingeffectiveeconomicand

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Title	Should Economic Education Be Left the Public Schools? The Youth Enterprise Academies for Urban Youth
Authors/Creators:	Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Eric Hagedorn, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Tracy J. Posnanski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Year:	2002
Volume:	18
Number:	1
Pages:	80 - 88
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles

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Schug, Mark C.; Hagedorn, Eric; Posnanski, Tracy J. / 2002. "Should Economic Education Be Left the Public Schools? The Youth Enterprise Academies for Urban Youth." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(1): 80-88.