Healthcare Triage
Do Early Childhood Programs Pay Off?
Are early childhood programs a good use of resources? In this series so far, we've talked about what childhood programs are, and whether they work. Now, we get to the question of whether or not they pay off. One of the reasons that life...
Bloomberg
Sifma CEO Warns Fiduciary Rule Could Be a 'Train Wreck'
Mar.14 -- Ken Bentsen, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's chief executive officer, argues for the delay of the Labor Department’s fiduciary rule. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Gura on "Bloomberg Markets."
PBS
Real-Life Math | Data Analyst
Data is just waiting for scholars to analyze. By viewing a video of a data analyst explaining his job and the math that surrounds it, scholars begin a lesson on data collection and analysis. Groups develop questions for a poll on teenage...
Mathed Up!
Best Buys
Which scenario is the better deal? Class members examine nine scenarios to determine which choice offers a better deal. Pupils decide whether they need to find unit costs or total prices to compare the two options.
Krista King Math
Unit Price
Extend an understanding of ratios and proportions to include unit rates. The video lesson compares two prices of different sizes using two methods. The instructor first calculates a unit price for each product and compares the costs. The...
Jacob Clifford
Aggregate Supply Practice
In less than three minutes, introduce your young economists to the short-run aggregate supply curve, illustrating the production of all goods in the country. The video discusses what can shift the curve on the graph to the...
Jacob Clifford
Economic Profit and Costs Review
What is the difference between the way an accountant calculates profit versus the way an economist calculates profit? Discover one take on the issue offered by Mr. Clifford, who reviews the concepts of explicit costs, implicit costs, and...
Khan Academy
Cupcake Economics 3, Inflation, Finance and Capital Markets
This video continues to use the business model of a cupcake factory and explains how prices are driven.
Khan Academy
Cupcake Economics 2, Inflation, Finance and Capital Markets
The continuation of the lecture regarding a cupcake business. Sal provides some prominent and relevant examples of the costs and profits that may arise under different circumstances. He references an Excel spreadsheet that is available...
