Reading List for March 16-17
By Beth Tallman
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Mar 15, 2019
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Paying for College, Behavioral Finance, Economics, Insurance, Investing, Financial Literacy, Taxes
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Happy Reading!
Higher Ed
The story of the week has to be this one about the college entrance bribery. (WAPO) (Inside Higher Ed)
While we are on the subject, this next article highlights the class differences in the college experience as poor kids tell rich colleges what they are experiencing. (EdSurge)
And most people are surprised to learn how low the college completion rate is: (NPR)
Student Loan Hero surveyed 1000 people across all generations about their debt. One...
Reading List for March 9-10
By Beth Tallman
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Mar 08, 2019
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Personal Finance, Investing, Financial Literacy, Economics, Employment, Career
Personal Finance
Interesting news here: Philadelphia just banned “cashless” stores. Will any other cities follow? This could spark an interesting discussion. The WSJ article includes graphical representation of who spends cash and when. (WSJ)(NPR)
This blog summarizes highlights from this month’s WSJ Journal Report on Investing in Funds and ETFs. One key article answers the top six questions about 529 plans. (WSJ)
Investing
More about Lyft’s IPO and how...
Using Correspondence From Former Students to Inspire and Motivate Your Current Students
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Mar 05, 2019
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NGPF Fellows, Behavioral Finance, Financial Literacy, Teaching Strategies
The following blog post comes courtesy of NGPF Fellow, Patrick Kubeny, of Rhinelander High School in Rhinelander, WI.
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If you are looking for ways to motivate and inspire your current students to actually implement some of the financial strategies you are teaching in your classes, try using some correspondence from some of your former students--IT WORKS! I received the following email from a former student and shared it with my personal finance classes:
Hello Mr. Kubeny (Coach K!):...
Reading List for February 23-24
By Beth Tallman
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Feb 22, 2019
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Financial Literacy, Behavioral Finance, Budgeting, Career, Paying for College, Investing, Retirement, Taxes
Financial Literacy
“Five Things High Schoolers Need To Know More Than Computer Science” from (Forbes). We all know what one of those things is!!!
Budgeting
The costs of being a woman: Why women end up with less money. (Beth Kobliner)
Investing
An interesting series of charts from Visual Capitalist shows where the breakdown of investments in 2018
Lyft has not become a verb like “Uber” has, but it looks like they will beat Uber with its IPO. (CNBC)
Paying for...
Thank You!: NGPF By the Numbers in 2018
Thanks to Christian for pulling together an awesome infographic to capture the various ways that the community of personal finance educators used NGPF in 2018. As many of you know, 2018 represented a year where many in the community discovered NGPF for the first time. Thanks to all who have recommended our resources or professional development activities to their colleagues as "word of mouth" was the #1 way that teachers found us last year. By spreading the word about NGPF, you brought more than...
NGPF Podcast: Tim Talks to Social Entrepreneur Marcy Reyes of the Financial Literacy Youth Initiative (FLY)
Driven to serve others by educating them to become financially capable, Marcy Reyes has found several ways to accomplish this mission. She teaches at Rhode Island College while also leading a non-profit that she founded to support high school students. Oh, all this while holding down a full-time job with a health insurer. She is clearly someone motivated to serve others by teaching them valuable skills about managing their money. In this podcast, you will hear Marcy share her story and the...
Reading List for January 26-27
By Beth Tallman
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Jan 25, 2019
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Financial Literacy, Personal Finance, Student Loans, Career, Parent Conversations
Financial Literacy
In case you missed this broadcast Tuesday, NPR’s The 1A included a segment on financial literacy education featuring NGPF’s Jessica Endlich, John Pelletier of the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College, and Laura Levine of Jump$tart.
Here is discussion of the increasing number of states requiring financial education, including a link to the Champlain College Financial Literacy Report Card. (Governing)
Personal Finance
Even doctors have a side...
Essential Financial Literacy Tools for Graduates -- from Fellow Kelly-Anne Rush
Teachers who attend our Summer Institute in Palo Alto become NGPF Fellows the following school year -- this Fellowship includes presenting with us at PD sessions, offering NGPF feedback on products, writing guest blog posts, ... the list goes on. Today features a blog post from Kelly-Anne Rush of Windham High School in Windham, ME. Here's what Kelly-Anne has to say...
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Over the past 6 years I’ve taught 12 semester's worth of seniors in my personal finance course, a...
Tech Tool Review: QR Codes, Vocaroo Website, Snapchat
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Nov 26, 2018
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NGPF Fellows, Teaching Strategies, Summer Institute, Financial Literacy
Teachers who attend our Summer Institute in Palo Alto become NGPF Fellows the following school year -- this Fellowship includes presenting with us at PD sessions, offering NGPF feedback on products, writing guest blog posts, ... the list goes on. Today features a Tech Tool Review from Kelly-Anne Rush of Windham High School in Windham ME. Here's what Kelly-Anne has to say...
Tech Tool: QR Codes, Vocaroo Website, Snapchat
Cost: Free
Use Case:
Students are asked to research various consumer...
Tech Tool Review: DocHub Google Extension
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Nov 19, 2018
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NGPF Fellows, Tips for Teachers, Summer Institute, Financial Literacy
Teachers who attend our Summer Institute in Palo Alto become NGPF Fellows the following school year -- this Fellowship includes presenting with us at PD sessions, offering NGPF feedback on products, writing guest blog posts, ... the list goes on. Today features a Tech Tool Review from Jacqueline Prester of Mansfield High School in Mansfield MA. Here's what Jacqueline has to say...
Tech Tool: DocHub Google Extension
Cost: Free
Use Case: Teachers often have PDF documents...
Reading List for November 3-4
By Beth Tallman
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Nov 02, 2018
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Financial Literacy, Cryptocurrencies, Economics, Paying for College, Retirement, Insurance
Financial Literacy
A survey by Ipsos on behalf of MNT, Ltd reveals that apparently, Canadians need help with financial literacy education as well.
The Visual Capitalist depicts the US problem with financial literacy in pictures.
Economics/Cryptocurrency
250,000 jobs added this month, unemployment at 3.7%, and wages starting to increase (NYT), so what’s the problem? The Opportunity Index answers that question, and Third Way breaks it down for you. It may be worth the half hour it will...
Question of the Day: What does financial security mean to you?
By Tim Ranzetta
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Oct 21, 2018
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Question of the Day, Financial Literacy, Personal Finance, Investing, Research, Current Events
Answers: Will vary
Listen to what financial security means to a cross-section of Americans in this Marketplace podcast (listen from 2:30-5:45)
Questions:
How will you know when you have achieved financial security as an adult living on your own? When do you hope to achieve this?
What are the different definitions of financial security that you heard on the podcast? Does it surprise you that people can have such varying definitions of what it means to be financial secure?
What...
Reading List for October 5-6
By Beth Tallman
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Oct 05, 2018
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Personal Finance, Current Events, Financial Literacy, Investing, Identity Theft, Career, Taxes
Personal Finance
FinTech: Automating finances tops the popularity ranking of apps, but people still want access to people when it comes to financial planning. (BusinessWire)
Taxes: The IRS’ budget has been cut. That means fewer tax fraud cases and audits. (New York Times)
Careers: Here are fourteen things you should not say during a job interview. (Time Magazine)
Credit: Here is some helpful information on freezing and thawing your credit. (Cleveland.com)
Emergency Savings: Need to...
A Reflective: My Five Favorite Fellow Lessons
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Sep 19, 2018
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NGPF Fellows, Summer Institute, Financial Literacy, Lesson Idea
The following blog post comes courtesy of NGPF Fellow, Brian Page, of Reading High School, OH.
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What I really wanted to write was “My 146 Favorite Fellow Lessons”, but folks would likely shy away from an article that long, so I stuck with five. This July, a small group of us met at the NGPF Summer Institute to kick off a Fellowship. With only 12 of us, and numerous NGPF staff, the intimate setting led to learning that could not be scripted. Note taking was an ongoing process...
Reading List for September 15-16
By Beth Tallman
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Sep 14, 2018
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Current Events, Economics, Paying for College, Financial Literacy, Identity Theft, Retirement
Included a few extra articles this week as we recognize the ten-year anniversary of the Lehman failure and start of the Great Recession.....and a collection on paying for college as we start the new school year.
Ten Year anniversary of Lehman failure
What have we learned? Neil Irwin in his UpShot article compares current times to the 1990s looking for lessons.
The WSJ looks back at how the Great Recession changed our relationship with risk.
This WSJ/The Outlook discusses if the Fed has new...
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