EVENT DETAILS

Teaching the Tough Stuff: Making Economics Clear, Engaging, and Classroom-Ready!

How do you make challenging economic concepts come alive in your classroom? Join the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the University of Chicago's Economics for Everyone (E4E) for an exciting, FREE day of professional development designed to give educators fresh ideas, engaging activities, and classroom-ready resources!

  • Date: Friday, January 15, 2027
  • Time: 8:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
  • Location: Saieh Hall, University of Chicago
  • Cost: FREE! A $25 refundable registration deposit is required and will be returned after the event.
  • Professional Development: Earn 6 CPDU hours
  • Bonus: Special gift drawings for attendees!
  • Content Covered
    • Using Experiments in the Classroom: Learn from University of Chicago Professor Evan Rose how to bring economic concepts to life through engaging classroom experiments.
    • Spectrum of Solutions: Explore regulation, market failures, and how markets respond.
    • Storks, State Exams, & Spurious Numbers: Help students think critically about correlation and causation.
    • Grounds for Debate: Who Planned Your Morning Coffee? Spark meaningful classroom discussions.
    • The Economics of Unintended Consequences: Discover what happens when good intentions produce unexpected results.

Questions? Please reach out the James Redelsheimer @ [email protected] 

Featured Speakers

Evan K. Rose

Evan Rose is an Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure) in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He works mainly on topics in labor, human capital, discrimination, and crime. He also co-teaches UChicago's Economics for Everyone Microeconomics course with Professor John List.

James Redelsheimer

James Redelsheimer is an Education Manager at FEE. With over 20 years of experience as an AP Economics teacher at Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, James brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his role at FEE. James is also a co-author of Barron’s AP Economics, which has helped countless students prepare for their AP exams. In recognition of his contributions to economic and personal finance education, James has received the 3M Economics Educator Excellence Award and the Thrivent Personal Finance Educator of the Year Award from the Minnesota Council on Economic Education.

Carl Coates

Carl Coates is Director of Educational Products and Outreach for the Economics for Everyone initiative in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He brings over 25 years of classroom experience teaching AP, IB, and academic levels of high school economics.