[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2205-E2206]
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                      IN HONOR OF PATTY S. BRYANT

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                          HON. ANNE M. NORTHUP

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 1998

  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise 
today to recognize Patty S. Bryant, a teacher at Pleasure Ridge Park 
High School in my district of Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Bryant will be 
honored with the First Place National Award for Teaching Economics by 
the National Council on Economic Education at its conference here in 
Washington, DC, tomorrow.
  The National Awards program recognizes outstanding, innovative, 
economic education teaching practices, stimulating improvements in the 
teaching of economics and providing examples of innovative teaching 
practices for replication in classrooms around the country. The goal is 
to increase student economic understanding as a result of enhanced 
teaching practices.
  The National Council on Economic Education is a unique nonprofit 
partnership of leaders in education, business and labor devoted to 
helping youngsters learn to think and function in a changing global 
economy.
  The shocking reality is that high school and college students know 
little about how the economic system works and what they need to know 
to work successfully in it. The price of economic illiteracy is young 
people who are unfamiliar with the basics of saving, investing, the 
uses of money and credit and adults who

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are more likely to have money problems, career problems and credit 
problems and less likely to make informed decisions as citizens and 
voters.
  To combat economic illiteracy, the National Council on Economic 
Education developed a vast network of state councils and university-
based centers, teaching approximately 120,000 teachers who, in turn, 
teach basic economics to over seven million students.
  Ms. Bryant is being recognized for her program, ``The Cost of War.'' 
This model applies economics instruction to her world civilization 
class. Because economics influences world events, this curriculum 
instills in students an understanding of the economic impact on 
historic events. Her hope is to engage students and inspire them to 
become active in community and national affairs.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Bryant deserves to be recognized for her innovative 
approach to educating students on the role of economics in our global 
environment. It is with great pleasure that I stand today to 
congratulate her and applaud her achievement.

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