The most famous Arkansan who ever lived in Arkansas (or the world) is coming back to town next month.
Former President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the Aug. 11 Economics Arkansas luncheon at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Springdale to speak about the importance of education.
Economics Arkansas is a private, non-profit, educational organization committed to increasing the economic literacy of K-12 students in Arkansas.
In other words, their mission is to teach school-age kids “to think and choose responsibly as individuals, consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and to be effective participants in both their local communities and the global economy.”
The event begins at 11:30 a.m. with check-in at 11 a.m. Individual tickets are $100, but you can shell out more dough for a private table if you want.
For additional information, contact the Economics Arkansas office at 501-682-4230, or look at this flyer.
“The most famous Arkansan who ever lived in Arkansas ” As opposed to all those Arkansans who never lived in Arkansas?
I like how it’s a non-profit panel about economics and poor kids . . . and the tickets are $100.
@Fekket – They wouldn’t raise a whole lot of money to go towards literacy if the tickets were free, now would they?
@Fekket I clarified that first sentence a little bit. Thanks!
But what would he/she complain about then?
The Economics Arkansas web site makes them look fairly sound. Personal finance, investments, and saving were not ever part of the agenda in my public schooling. I was never even taught how to fill out a check, and I’m a product of the ordinarily decent Fayetteville School District. I had to figure it all out on my own. When people don’t know how to manage their own money, that’s how recessions caused by unwise borrowing start.
Check-in starting 30 minutes before the lecture sounds a little ambitious. No large crowd just breezes through security in half an hour. I wish I could devote a Wednesday off work to the event.
I love Uncle Bill! His soothing voice wraps me in a blanket that says, “It’s okay little buddy. Everything’s gonna be all right.” I’d pay a million bajillion dollars to see him again.
Oh and umm, Dustin, could you please change “the world” to “the galaxy” since there could be Arkansans (obviously less famous than BC) on other planets? Expanding beyond the galaxy seems excessive.
I love Bill. God bless him.
How many seats in the convention center? 1000? 5000? either way it isn’t a whole lot of money. Not the way organizations spend money before it reaches the ones who need it. Admin costs etc.
I am a MET (Master Economic Teacher) for the Economics Arkansas Council and am fortunate to be able to work with them as a consultant for summer workshops for teachers across the state. This summer has been busy training secondary teachers to teach economics in grades 9-12 (wherever the districts place the course) to meet the new requirement for students entering 9th this year to have econ as a graduation requirement. Hopefully, we will begin to see a turn around on literacy of our youth as they enter the workforce on how to budget, have better decision making skills, etc.
Now, my little first graders get a dose of econ every year and they become pretty savy in their econ literacy. Want to know how you can learn more? Go to EconomicsArkansas.org and check it out!