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K12 Connection is EconomicsWisconsin's list serve for K-12 education professionals interested in sharing ideas about economic and financial literacy education. Please read the following guidelines before posting or replying to messages on the K12 Connection list serve. These guidelines help ensure that the content posted on this list serve is on topic, follows safety standards, and is easy to find for all users.

Who can post messages to K12 Connection?

K12 Connection is a list serve designed for educators to talk about various ways of teaching and learning about economics and financial literacy. Anyone is invited to participate. You must be registered to post messages to the list.

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Posting a message
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Message Guidelines:

Include a Descriptive Subject Line

Please include a subject line with your message that accurately describes the content of your message. This helps community members find relevant conversations easily, helps your messages get posted to the right thread, and prevents your messages from being confused with spam.

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Appropriate Topics for Submissions
We ask that messages posted to the list be related to topics of economic and financial literacy education, teaching, and the economy in general. For example, postings about the following areas of interest are appropriate:

Current events related to the economy
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K-12 teaching
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Inappropriate Submissions
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