It’s surprising, sometimes frightening even, how little we really know about personal finance and money management, since most of us know close to nothing about sound practices beyond the basics. In fact, most of what we do know is information Read more…
Category: Financial Literacy
For many adult learners, tax refunds like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) can provide some financial stability in an area of their lives where stability is often foreign. The problem is that a large portion of tax payers don’t Read more…
It’s great to be invited to guest blog for the Florida Literacy Coalition. We, Patricia Garfield, Alyson Amy Edge and I, are high school teachers working with teens in the area of financial literacy and economics at the Academy of Read more…
With Black Friday officially marking the start of the holiday shopping season, tutors may want to encourage learners to use safe shopping practices this Winter. Black Friday shoppers have been pushing their carts with the mindset of a New York Read more…
Do you ever feel like you aren’t the right person to teach financial literacy because you have many questions? I definitely feel that way. Luckily, Kahn Academy has videos to help answer the questions you don’t know how to. Watch Read more…
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