Welcome to the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education
The Stavros Center works to advance the effective teaching and integration of free enterprise, financial literacy and economic education into the K-20 curricula.
Upcoming Workshops for Educators
The Stavros Center hosts free workshops for educators in the state of Florida to help them implement economic education and financial literacy curriculum into their classrooms.
The USF Stavros Center received a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation to help K-12 educators teach their students about sustainability in all subjects and grade levels.
The Stavros Center received a $20,000 gift from State Farm to support the Center’s ongoing programming for K-12 teachers to help educate students in economics and financial literacy. To date, State Farm has provided more than $160,000 in financial support to the Stavros Center.
A recent workshop used the Disney Pixar’s “Cars” and the economic principle of making choices when it comes to the car buying experience to give teachers model-eliciting activities to use with the students in their classrooms.
The workshop explored the birth of the Renaissance period in Italy and the special circumstances that allowed for the emergence of a consumer culture.
The Stavros Center hosts regular workshops to help K-12 educators implement economic education & financial literacy curriculum into their classrooms.