Massachusetts Business Educators Association
From our friends at the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: Summer Grad-Level Professional Development for Teachers This graduate-level professional development course for K-12 teachers will examine the role of the free enterprise system as the economic engine that propelled the United States from a New World backwater to the world’s number one economy. Teachers will …
From our friends at the Newseum Institute: The Newseum Institute will host a special panel discussion on the state of financial literacy education, following a news conference at which major consumer groups and child advocacy experts will announce their endorsement of FoolProof, a new consumer life skills resource for teachers. The groups and experts will endorse …
Many advocacy groups and educators have been working tirelessly to support the push for financial literacy standards in Massachusetts. How can you help? You can write to your local legislator in support of these efforts! Use this LINK to find him/her. Here is a form letter that you may use and modify! You may also …
An important life skill that everyone needs to know is how to calculate out-of-pocket costs for health care. Unfortunately, many people do not understand basic health insurance terms and how they are applied in calculations to determine how much is owed to a health care provider. A study by Loewenstein et al. found that only …
