A Unique New Educational Resource For Public

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A Unique New Educational Resource For Public
Private Schools
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Americas largest hands-onstandards-based
learning experience for Middle Schooland High
School students
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Standards-Based CurriculumAligned to the
GLEs Applies and IntegratesMath Language
Arts Social Studies Civics Economics
Technology Applications Gets ALL Students
Excited About Learning
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The Best Programs in America to Support Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education in
Middle and High School. Larry Zabar, V.P., New
England Council
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Increases Student Test Scores Teaches Personal
Financial Literacy Improves Student Workforce
Preparedness Increases Student School Attendance
Rates
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There are 24 Exchange Cities in the USA
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Exchange City EarthWorks Immersive Learning
Model

• Cost-effective, comprehensive, turn-key
  curriculum and simulation
• Unique, memory-of-a-lifetime learning experiences
• Outstanding curriculum suitable for all students
  at a grade level
• Aligned with state frameworks No Child Left
  Behind requirements
• Systemic career education and workforce
  development
• Staff development and training
• Exemplary parent involvement

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Welcome to Our World Exchange City
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Exchange City - A Remarkable Learning Lab
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Mayors Press Conference
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How Exchange City Works Hand in Hand with Teachers

• Exchange City is best suited for 5th through 9th
  Graders
• 7 week (30 hr) in-school program taught by the
  students regular teachers in their regular
  classrooms.
• Optional 2 week (12 hr) in-school curriculum in
  preparation for visit.
• The one day or two day visit to Exchange City
  occurs as a field trip in the 6th week of study.
• Students take on roles of employees, producers,
  consumers and citizens.
• In addition to their teachers, parent volunteers
  accompany each class of students and participate
  and/or observe all activities.
• Exchange City Annual Site Capacity School Year
  Only
• 15,000 9-15 year-old Students, 1,000 Teachers
  20,000 Parents

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The Target Audience

• At full capacity, more than 30,000 middle and
  high school students will visit Exchange City and
  EarthWorks annually.
• The City is customized to reflect local
  institutions and businesses.
• Every business in Exchange City uses computers
  and other digital equipment as an integral part
  of their operations.
• Public and private schools participate from
  across the United States.
• The Centers facilities are used throughout the
  year for camps, special events, workforce
  training, and teacher education programs.

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Bank Offices
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Checking Accounts for All
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Immediate Documented Results and Improvements

• Exchange City and EarthWorks Enjoy High Degrees
  of
• Business and Industry Support and Participation.
• Why? Because They Work and Produce Concrete,
• Documented and Observable Results.
• Students from Every Demographic and Income Level
• Participate and Benefit through Corporate
  Scholarships and Sponsorships.
• No Other Program More Directly Connects the
  Business
• Community to Todays Crucial Educational Issues.

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Production Studio
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In Exchange City, Students

• Create a job resume and a job application
• Have a job interview
• Get hired as an employee in a business
• Put together a business plan
• Produce and price real products and services
• Plan advertising
• Market real products and services
• Calculate payroll expenses
• Take on accounting services
• Make materials purchases

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In Exchange City, Students

• Fill out business loan applications
• Take out a business bank loan
• Write radio and newspaper advertisements
• Design business signs and logos
• Create business slogans
• Pay taxes
• Pay utilities
• Pay rent
• Repay bank loan (not every business succeeds)
• Make payroll

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Program Skills Used By Students
Analysis Brainstorming Categorization Cause and
effect Classifying Collaboration Communication Com
paring/contrasting Computation Creative
thinking Creative writing Critical thinking Data
collection Decision-making Drawing/art Editing
Prioritizing Problem-solving Production Proof-read
ing Public speaking Reading Research Self-reliance
Sequencing Social skills Speaking Teamwork Techni
cal reading Technology Writing
Flowchart construction Graphing Group
discussion Identifying patterns Interpersonal
relationships Interviewing Listening Math Measurin
g Negotiation Observation Organization
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Exchange City - Program Concepts
Campaign Campaign management Cash Career Career
exploration Check registers Compound
interest Consumer Cost Credit Debit
cards Demand Deposits Division of labor
Earning Editorials Efficiency Elections Employee E
ndorsement Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship Exchange
rate Federal grants Friendly letters Goods Governm
ent Gross pay Human resources Income

• Abundance
• Accounting
• Advertising
• Balance Sheets
• Banks
• Banking
• Bartering
• Budgeting
• Business expenses
• Business loans
• Business planning
• Business operations
• Capital resources
• Checking accounts
• Citizenship

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Exchange City - Program Concepts

• Interest
• Investing
• Job
• Job Application
• Laws
• Letters to the editor
• Loans
• Marketing
• Monetary value
• Money
• Money system
• Natural resources
• Needs
• Net pay
• Opportunity cost

Overdrawn accounts Partnership Personal
finance Price Producer Production Profit Public
service announcements Public services Purchasing Q
uality Receipts Reconciliation References Résumé
Sales Saving Scarcity Spending Services Stock
market Stocks Stock market reports Supply Taxes Ut
ilities Value Venture capital Wants
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Volunteer Parents Actively Involved Throughout
the Day
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Timeline of Exchange City Student Experience

• Four Weeks (20 Hours) of Economic Concepts
• Wants Needs Supply Demand Scarcity
  Abundance Resources Government (Laws)
• Government (Taxes) Goods Services
  Production Division of Labor
  Producers/Consumers
• Opportunity Cost Entrepreneurship Bartering
  Our Money System Banking Checking Accts
• Earners, Spenders Savers
• Two Weeks (10 Hours) of Job Preparation
• Writing Laws Deciding on Exchange City Laws
  Employment /Applying for a Job Resume Writing
• Career Interest Inventory Select Exchange City
  Job Apply for Job Interview for Job
• Personal Finance Paychecks Debit Cards
  Business Operations Shop Groups Business Name
• Employment Information Sheets Loan Application
  Utilities Setting Prices Advertising
• Tagline for Website Business Sign Design
  Radio and Newspaper Ads Business Accounting
• Inventory
• FULL DAY SPENT AT EXCHANGE CITY IMMERSIVE
  LEARNING CENTER
• Two Weeks (10 Hours) of Follow-up Concepts
  and Extension Activities
• Reconciling Accounts Investing Stock Market
  Reports Venture Capital Business Expansion
• Career Exploration Reflection 1
  Observations from the City Citizen handbook
  Reflection 2

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Newspaper Offices
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Other Prominent Uses of Technology
The Exchange City Newspaper is Published Twice a
Day
Accounting Department All Exchange City
Businesses Have One
Exchange City Bank provides Checking Accounts
Business Loans
TECHNOLOGY IS EVERYWHERE
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Production Studio
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Its All About the Results and the
Students(Improvements in Achievement)

• BEFORE AFTER

Students with on or above grade level achievement
scores.
60th Percentile 81st Percentile
Students with below grade level achievement
scores
48.6 Percentile 72.7 Percentile
Low achieving students
41.7 Percentile 71.6 Percentile
While the Exchange City program has a dramatic
improvement impact on all participants, the MOST
exceptional impact (72 improvement) is on
otherwise low achieving students.
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Its All About the Results and the
Students(Improvements on Government and Finance
Questions)

• ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
• BEFORE AFTER

Items Relating to Government, Social Studies,
Civics and Legal Concepts. Items Relating to
Math and Bank Accounting Systems as well as
Checking Accounts.
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NONE 67
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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS
Teachers consistently report major improvement in
classroom activity and learning results from the
elevation of the skill sets of the
lower-achieving students. These skill sets rise
to levels comparable or better than the prior
baseline scores of the better performing students
so that the entire group benefits overall.
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Testing Outcomes

• Economic Concept Pre-Test
  Post-Test
• Understanding Understanding
• Scarcity 9 80
• Laws 20 60
• Taxes 30 85
• Goods Services 60 95
• Wants Needs 90 90
• Production Patterns 40 95
• Division of Labor 35 95
• Opportunity Cost 0 60
• Personal Banking 40 90
• Personal Checking 20 85
• Check Writing 20 80
• Account Reconciliation 20 85
• Making Deposits 0 65
• Post-test scores increased significantly from the
  pre-test scores

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Retail Sales Activity
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• ALL Exchange City Students are
• Focused
• Intense
• Serious
• Learning
• Collaborating
• Thinking
• Applying their classroom-gained knowledge
• Experiencing the world were preparing them for
• Understanding the value of being in school
• Experiencing what it takes to get, and have a job

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What Students Are Saying

• I learned how to effectively run a business
• You got to be responsible for all your actions
• Without Exchange City, I would not know what an
  accountant does
• I learned what it is like to own a business
• I learned how to write a check, deposit money
  and run a big shop
• I enjoyed the responsibility of working as an
  attorney in City Hall
• I learned how to write checks and list every
  transaction in the register book
• I learned how to run a banknow I have to get an
  education
• Getting my paycheck was cool
• I was Sales Associate at the Nature Shop.
  Selling was a blast
• Now I understand the process my parents go
  through paying bills
• It was hard to be calm during the job interview
• I learned that to pay off the loan is not as
  easy as it sounds
• Being president of the bank was complicated yet
  fun
• I really think the bank business is what I am
  most interested in
• My number one shop was the Broadcast center
  because I owned it
• Now I see how it feels to have a real job and to
  work as a team
• I liked counting the money that was going to pay
  back the bank loan
• Now I know why my mom is so tired after working