An important aspect of teaching young
people about financial literacy is being able to identify your own strengths and weaknesses in the key areas of money and finance.
Adopt a «two way learning» approach to your teaching, whereby you share your knowledge and
experiences about financial literacy while students share their knowledge and experience with you and their peers.
Much as I've enjoyed the lively
discussion about financial literacy jumpstarted by a couple recent BankThink posts, I suggest we abandon the notion that banks are morally obligated to educate their customers.
The athlete - turned - entrepreneur's latest app, New Money Bash, is a game in the style of Candy Crush that's designed to teach
users about financial literacy.
She was invited to the White House during President Obama's administration to
speak about financial literacy and to moderate a public meeting of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability at the U.S. Treasury Department.
The reason why we train them is of course because of the practical issues, but also because the teacher training doesn't have a lot of
substance about financial literacy, economy, society — things like this.
Committed to educating community
members about financial literacy, OneUnited Bank also offers First Time Homebuyers Seminars to individuals and organizations throughout the year.
A recent survey reveals startling
news about financial literacy among college students which was run by College Ave, one of the new and upcoming private student loan providers.
Project staff tailored the «Loving Couples, Loving Children» curriculum by incorporating Native Hawaiian values, and added
sections about financial literacy, successful co-parenting, and military deployment and reunification.
While most Americans still have positive feelings about homeownership, targeted programs and
workshops about financial literacy and mortgage debt could help return - buyers and those who may have negative biases about owning.
In his «Secret Millionaires Club,» an animated series online and on television, Buffett teaches a group of
kids about financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
Max Lance dug himself out of six figures of student loan debt and travels to colleges and high schools around the country teaching
people about financial literacy.
That means not waiting until after kids go to college to teach
them about financial literacy.
And he was also part of a radio discussion
about Financial Literacy and you can listen to that here: Suncoast Speaks interview with John Mousseau & Matt McAleer about Financial Literacy
If you are passionate
about financial literacy and want to collaborate with fellow educators to bring personal finance into your classroom, please join us on Twitter for our next #FinEdChat on Wednesday, December 7th from 8:30 - 9:00 pm.
If you are passionate
about financial literacy and want to collaborate with fellow educators to bring personal finance into your classroom, please join us on Twitter for our next @FinEdChat on Wednesday, December 7th from 8:30 - 9:00 pm, ET.
This year's winners include an Australian initiative delivering arts - based programs to disadvantaged students and a miniature town helping youngsters in Finland learn
about financial literacy and entrepreneurship.
You initially don't need money to learn
about Financial literacy, but you do in order to implement what you learned.
«Take the time to teach your children
about financial literacy, since college is the start of a transition from a sheltered existence to the real world,» he says.