FinEd50
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@FinEd50
FinEd50 advocates for the inclusion of personal finance courses in all 50 state's required curriculum. Likes and retweets do not indicate an endorsement!
"Many adults gained those skills through sometimes-expensive mistakes. That’s part of learning. It doesn’t have to be that way, though, & efforts to help students gain the basic skills to avoid learning the hard way are well worth it." #financialliteracy leadertelegram.com/opinion/editor…
"Financial literacy equips you to decipher the complexities of interest rates, helping you choose loans with favorable terms and saving you a substantial amount of money in the long run." #financialliteracy finchannel.com/the-link-betwe…
"Financial health is an inescapable element of life...We cannot avoid it even if we want to." #financialliteracy vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/2023/…
"That one class opened me to a whole new world that I was convinced I wouldn’t like...It made me really gung-ho about financial literacy and trying to educate as many people as possible." #financialliteracy news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/1…
Tomorrow, our #FinancialEducation Innovation and Impact (FEII) Summit #Webinar Series returns with "Passing K-12 Financial Education Requirements Legislation," part one of a three-part exploration of state K-12 financial education requirements. Register: bit.ly/3Qchvfu
Why are standalone #PersonalFinance requirements necessary? In states without a standalone requirement, only 44% of those schools actually require students to complete a course with personal finance content! #FinEd50
In recognition of Economic Education Month this October, learn more about our efforts to promote financial education in Massachusetts schools: malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S327 Teachers and students can get free economic education resources at: econedmonth.org
