Bruce L. Damasio, currently teaching Economics at Howard Community College, has been a reader and was one of the original readers for AP Economics exams from 1989 to 2009. He is on the staff of the Maryland Council for Economics Education as the staff member responsible for teacher training and AP coordination for Maryland. He is the past president of GATE (Global Association of Teachers of Economics), associated with the Council for Economic Education, serving as president from 2005 to 2009 and also served as a consultant for AP publications from CEE during that time.
He was a two time board member, from 2002 to 2010 for the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) based in Washington DC. In 2002, he was the National Teacher of the Year in the United States for Social Studies.
He has conducted numerous one day workshops for College Board across the United States as well as summer week-long APSI trainings at sites across America, including: University of Alabama, New Mexico State, New Mexico Highlands University, Goucher College, University of San Diego, LaSalle University, Fordham University, Molloy College, Oakland University and UTEP as well as numerous state and local schools across the country including FCPS from 2010 to 2021.
He has been to China 11 previous times for AP trainings as well as trips to Taiwan, South Korea, Pakistan and the UAE for College Board workshops. Bruce also taught 6 years of middle school and 27 years of high school social studies and economics in Maryland.
From 2004 to 2018, Bruce was a integral part of the Towson University MAT program for developing future teachers and taught social studies methods on campus
In 2015, he was a fellow attending the Imperial War Museum/ American Air Museum in Britain summer institute at London, Cambridge and RAF Duxford. He conducted and presented research on the 8th Air Force and attended briefings and visited sites. He is a certified consultant for The College Board since 2002 for AP Macro and AP Micro training for teachers.
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Why attend an in-person APSI? Below are some images from a possible lesson on GDP and an AP Economics Test question assessing student understanding of GDP.
AP Economics Teachers work collaboratively at an in-person APSI to develop an active guided-inquiry learning lesson on GDP. This lesson will help students gain a better understanding of GDP and GDP Deflator. The students should be able to do well on an AP Economic Test question on GDP.
AP Economics Test Question assessing student understanding of GDP.
