The Fed - Banking and Credit
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
NGPF Flash Survey Results: Preparing to Teach Personal Finance - Blog
At NGPF we were curious about how teachers prepared to teach personal finance and what kind of professional development (PD) opportunities educators nationwide took advantage of. Thanks to the 1,777 respondents, we have some key findings to share with you all: On average, respondents had 8 years of experience teaching personal finance 81% of respondents have attended PD in personal finance since starting to teach personal finance As you can see above, 69% of respondents were either “not confident” (19%) or “slightly confident” (50%) in teaching personal finance ...
"The States of Entrepreneurship in America" report from Junior Achievement Shows Opportunities and Limitations of Entrepreneurship Education in U.S.
/PRNewswire/ -- November is Entrepreneurship Month. To mark the occasion, Junior Achievement is releasing The States of Entrepreneurship in America report for...
Consumers Still Need Financial Literacy | PYMNTS.com
Consumers tend to overestimate their financial literacy; when given a financial quiz only 6 percent scored an "A." Overconfidence can lead to costly mistakes.
2020 FinEd Working Group: Carly Urban + Christian Sherrill - Google Slides
College Grads Call For More Personal Finance Education
DIW Berlin: Financial Education Affects Financial Knowledge and Downstream Behaviors
We study the rapidly growing literature on the causal effects of financial education programs in a meta-analysis of 76 randomized experiments with a total sample size of over 160,000 individuals. The evidence shows that financial education programs have, on average, positive causal treatment effects on financial knowledge and downstream financial behaviors. Treatment effects are economically meaningful ...
Survey Results: Most Americans Agree that High Schools Should Teach Financial Literacy
/PRNewswire/ -- Research conducted by the National Financial Educators Council in August indicated that the majority of Americans (over 84%) replied,...
Research Report (from FLEC): U.S. National Strategy for Financial Literacy 2020 - Blog
Last week, the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission released their U.S. National Strategy for Financial Literacy 2020. We thought that of particular interest to many of our teachers would be their recommended Best Practices: “Based on an extensive review of academic research, consultations with experts, and discussions with members of the FLEC, a number of themes regarding effective financial literacy and education have crystalized.