Our 2019 Entrepreneurship Institute hosted by Dr. Cheryl Ayers and our VT Center for Economic Education continues today. Here, Dan Presley, State Farm Insurance Agent in Downtown Roanoke, demonstrates an active, hands-on lesson on risk management for our educators. Dan led a discussion about the differences and similarities between personal and small business insurance policies. Thank you State Farm for sponsoring our 2019 Institutes statewide. Kudos to all of the outstanding educators for investing their time in this four-day entrepreneurship professional development program.
In the Governor’s Challengestudents demonstrate their knowledge in economics and/or personal finance. In March, teams of 3 to 4 high school students complete 30-question quiz(es) in 35 minutes in the Online Challenges. There is no charge to participate.
Teachers may register their students now to participate in the >>EconChallengesand/or the >>FinanceChallenge. Teachers have flexibility to schedule the Challenges over several weeks in March and will have access to their students’ team and individual scores.
All-Day Championship Event: April 11, 2019
Teams with top Online Challenge scores are recognized regionally and statewide. Teams with the highest scores are invited to participate in an exciting, all-day statewide championship event on April 11 in Richmond, VA. State Champions can advance to national competitions. There is no fee to participate in the Governor’s Challenge.
