Jan 25, 2019

Reading List for January 26-27

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 hustle…although this one is also helping people in need. (Washington Post)
  • This might make for an interesting class discussion of consumer behavior. Planet Money talks about Panera’s “Pay-What-You-Want Experiment.” (NPR)
  • Turn the pre-nup into an important planning discussion. (MarketWatch)

Careers

  • A new report out of Brookings Institution reports on the impact automation and artificial intelligence will have on jobs in the future. (AP)  (see graph below)

Student Loans

  • Why is your boss is worried about your student loans? (CNBC)
  • If you consolidate and refinance your student loans, read the fine print---you may not be saving as much as you have been led to believe. (CNBC)
  • How do people in other countries pay for college? (Kobliner)

Education

  • Read about a journalism professor who teaches her students “home economics” before anything else. She feels she is dealing with . (Wisconsin Public Radio)
  • Students who attend community college and move on to universities do better than first time freshmen. (The Atlantic) 
  • Read about the role of self-compassion (versus self-esteem) in learning. (KQED)

Parenting

  • You can follow Chrissy Teigen’s model to teach your kids about money (and get them to eat). (Forbes)
  • If you are parenting (or teaching) girls, this article about raising financially independent daughters might be for you (USNews).

 

 

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