- Multiple financial literacy resources mentioned in comments to NY Times Blog on the topic "Financial Illiteracy Among the Young:"
- BizKids, a public TV series where kids teach kids about money and business.
- WeSeed whose mission is to empower real people to get a better understanding of the stock
market through the things they already know and love — the clothes they
wear, the cars they drive (or the bikes they ride), and the burgers
they eat.
- Remember the JumpStart research which showed that those who played stock market simulation games tended to score better on financial literacy tests.
- For those looking for more formal coursework, here is a Utah State Family Finance course available on OpenCourseWare.
- Here is a link to a documentary Ten9Eight described as "a thought provoking film which tells the inspirational stories of several inner city teens (of differing race, religion and ethnicity) from Harlem to Compton and all points in between, as they compete in an annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)."
- George Washington University adds personal finance course to undergraduate business school curriculum (GW Hatchet):
"The course, entitled "Personal Finance," will be offered to juniors
and seniors from any major and will cover topics such as taxes,
investment and insurance, as well as provide information about credit
card interest rates and student loans. The effort to add the course to the curriculum was led by the GW
Women in Business student organization, GWWIB is comprised of 70
members that represent more than 40 majors across the University. Tricia Reville, co-chair of GWWIB, explained that the process to add
the course began nearly two years ago, when she first began talking
about the possibility of the course with other GWWIB members. The need for the course increased as the financial crisis exposed
the lack of knowledge among the population about topics such as loans,
mortgages and credit card interest, Reville said."
- Schwab Foundation highlighted innovative ways that Boys and Girl's Clubs are teaching kids about money:
- "For example, the Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, New York, has created its own "bank" and provides each teen participant with $1 as "seed money" and a checkbook complete with check register and deposit slips. When the teens wish to purchase something from the Club`s snack bar, they are encouraged to write a check as payment-provided they have the funds in their account to cover it. As a group, the kids learn to reconcile bank statements created by the club, with their own personal check registers."
- "At the Boys & Girls Club of King County in Seattle, a Micro Society program enables teens to create their own city-society within the club`s walls and serves as an umbrella for multiple club programs including Money Matters."
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