Financial Education

Curriculum Opinion Don't Give Up on Personal-Finance Education
“The earlier a young person learns about using money responsibly, the greater the chance that he or she will adopt sensible money habits and put them to good use for a lifetime," says Lewis Mandell.
Lewis Mandell, May 14, 2009
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Education Funding News in Brief Financial-Literacy Requirements
As part of an effort to promote the inclusion of financial education in state standards and required courses, the Washington-based nonprofit group Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, and Citi, a global financial-services company, have mapped whether students are required to study financial education.
November 4, 2008
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Education Teachers Encourage Financial-Literacy Instruction
Teachers overwhelmingly think that high school students should be taught rudimentary aspects of personal finance, according to a new survey by Americans Well-Informed on Automotive Retailing Economics, a group that promotes consumer education on car financing.
Stephen Sawchuk, September 22, 2008
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Curriculum Subprime Financial Education?
With the collapse of the subprime-mortgage market—and the crisis it has created for the economy—there have been calls for schools to take on yet another task: financial literacy. Many are, apparently, if you consider that more 20,000 high school students in 20 states took the Financial Literacy Certification Test this year, according to WISE, or Working in Support of Education, a nonprofit that promotes financial and business education.
July 3, 2008
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Education Financial Literacy for First Graders
We hear a lot about hands-on lessons in science and technology, but it's not often that we hear about those kinds of experiences in other subjects. This AP story is about a financial-literacy program in a public elementary school in Chicago that gives $20,000 to each 1st grade class to invest in stocks. The kids get to choose and manage the stocks, and in the process learn financial literacy skills such as how to open a bank account, save money, and invest. Here's a little more about how the program works:
Katie Ash, March 10, 2008
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Federal Flagging Economy Propels Financial Education
Concerns about the foundering economy are helping to highlight the need to improve students’ understanding of money matters.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, February 19, 2008
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7 min read
Education Report Roundup Financial Literacy
Ninety-five percent of middle and high school teachers believe financial literacy is important to teach in schools, a survey has found.
Katie Ash, May 11, 2007
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Education Financial Literacy in Schools
States have been increasingly active in their efforts to promote financial literacy among students.
Janelle Callahan, April 27, 2007
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Education Report Roundup Financial Literacy
High school seniors who participated in a recent survey to gauge knowledge of personal finance and economics answered only 52.4 percent of the questions correctly.
Laura Greifner, April 18, 2006
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Education The State of Financial Literacy
Educators, policymakers, and parents are actively looking for ways to improve the level of education and professional development high schoolers are receiving. But what about personal finance? What good is a source of income if that income can't be managed? In a recent poll of over 5,000 high school seniors in 37 states, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found that, while respondents showed minimal improvements from the previous year, on average students were able to answer only a little more than half of the survey questions correctly. (Microsoft Word required)
April 17, 2006
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Education Report Roundup High School Seniors’ Financial, Economic Literacy Tracked
High school seniors who participated in a recent survey to gauge knowledge of personal finance and economics answered only 52.4 percent of the questions correctly.
Laura Greifner, April 14, 2006
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1 min read
Otter believes teachers should have plenty of financial options. Through books, Web sites, and seminars, the 40-year-old hleps them look into supplemental retirement plans. "My mission," he says, "is twofold: education and empowerment."
Otter believes teachers should have plenty of financial options. Through books, Web sites, and seminars, the 40-year-old hleps them look into supplemental retirement plans. "My mission," he says, "is twofold: education and empowerment."
Lewis Jacobs
Curriculum Exit Strategy
Like most educators, Dan Otter knew nothing about planning for retirement. Then he did some homework. Now he's advising colleagues on their investment options.
Lani Harac, April 14, 2006
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Students get advice from businessman Joe Hyer at a summer business camp in Washington state, one of a growing number of similar programs.
Students get advice from businessman Joe Hyer at a summer business camp in Washington state, one of a growing number of similar programs.
Jeff T. Green for Education Week
Curriculum Camps Let Aspiring Entrepreneurs Learn by Doing
An increasing number of business-themed summer camps are teaching teenagers entrepreneurship and financial literacy, among other things.
Rhea R. Borja, July 12, 2005
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Curriculum Financial-Literacy Challenges Seen
Financial education in the nation’s schools seems to have taken one step ahead and a half-step back.
Rhea R. Borja, May 17, 2005
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1 min read
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