Classroom Business Enterprise ~ Business Showcase on April 20th

On April 20, teachers and students from about 40 schools who have been involved with the Classroom Business Enterprise (CBE) program will come to Purdue to set up business displays showcasing their businesses.  The displays will be in the Purdue Memorial Union ballrooms from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Everyone is welcome.  Each classroom decided on a product or service that they thought consumers would purchase, and then produced and marketed the product - hopefully earning a profit!  In the process, students learned important economics and business concepts that are in the state Social Studies Standards.  The Indiana Council for Economic Education, part of the Department of Agricultural Economics, administered this extensive project, and has plans to continue it again in the fall with another 40-50 classrooms.  Stay tuned!

The CBE program received funding from WIRED to train teachers to run the Classroom Businesses.