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Why Entrepreneurship Education?
This section provides you with a number of items to explain the need for entrepreneurship education in a variety of educational settings. Feel free to copy these articles for local use. They provide a number of viewpoints on the importance of this new area of education. They are suitable for reprinting in newsletters or for use as handouts at workshops or in classrooms. Please be sure to give credit to the author.
. . . featuring pictures from the 2nd National Entrepreneurship Week, and the last issue until Fall. Feel free to copy the Consortium newsletters linked at the bottom of this page. Watch for new items here on a regular basis:
* ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE: The Case for Entrepreneurship Education
The Consortium's White Paper is a call for spreading the word about the synergy created by support for entrepreneurship education. Help us really get "the conversation" going by sharing this White Paper with your networks Continue...
* Entrepreneurship as Lifelong Learning
...An explanation of our lifelong learning model for entrepreneurship education. It doesn't just happen by taking one course. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, OH) Continue...
* NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION STANDARDS that support the lifelong learning model. Click here
to launch the Standards toolkit containing the Standards and Performance Indicators as well as other resources to support teachers' use of the Standards
The Standards and performance indicators were developed based on focus groups with entrepreneurs across the US, asking what they do and what they need to know to do it. Standards are presented in three sections: ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, READY SKILLS, AND BUSINESS FUNCTIONS. Contact Cathy Ashmore for additional information. Check out the Standards Toolkit link on this web site to obtain your copies of the entire National Standards List and the supporting Toolkit.
* Criteria for Youth Entrepreneurship Education
Design your entrepreneurship education program with this criteria in mind. National leadership groups developed the Criteria and the accompanying brochure to help the field of entrepreneurship education grow successfully. You may also link to the BROCHURE (using Acrobat Reader). Feel free to share it with others. Continue...
* CREATIVE THINKING
It is not enough to enable students to learn about "what is". Edward deBono encourages us to think about "what can be" and to practice creative thinking processes. We do very little about "what can be" even though our future depends entirely on this aspect." Continue...
* TWEENS - Research on Youth and Entrepreneurship
...A summary of two research projects conducted by the Kauffman Foundation to determine the outlook of youth about careers and entrepreneurship. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio). Continue...
* Let's Ask WHY?
Hear what our winning teachers say about why entrepreneurship education is so important in their schools (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio) Continue...
* States Value Entrepreneurship Education
...A summary of a survey of state career technical education directors that shows growing support for entrepreneurship education, especially as part of the School-to-Work programs. (Source: The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, Columbus, Ohio). Continue...
* Entrepreneurship Means Change
High school students come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. But, they often have one thing in common. They are motivated to prepare for their careers via a specialized route...career technical education and entrepreneurship. Continue...
* Building An Entrepreneurial Culture
When we think about the challenges of downsizing big business, as well as major reductions in the size of government, the wise person asks where the jobs of the future are going to be. Continue...
* Preparing for the New Century
This article addresses the needs for entrepreneurship as a basic skill in the American educational system. Even when there are no jobs available there is always "work to be done" and our youth need this entrepreneurial experience to teach them how to be effective in the workplace. Continue...
* Opportunity Versus Risk
Fear of Failure is a mentality that leads to loss of opportunity. For those advising youth about their futures it is essential that we see entrepreneurial thinking as an opportunity rather than a risk. Continue...
* Entrepreneurship Vital to Rural America's Future
"Lifting Appalachia's capacity to grow its own businesses and to generate its own jobs will help the region control its own economic destiny," according to Jesse White, former Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Continue...
* EntrepreNews & Views - The official newsletter of the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. Note the most recent volume is listed first.
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