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| Pennsylvania High School Students Succeed in National ... - Earthtimes (press release) Posted: 07 May 2010 07:02 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High school students from Pennsylvania outnumbered those from all other states in the recent National Financial Capability Challenge, an annual online competition sponsored by the U.S. departments of Education and Treasury. More students from Pennsylvania scored in the top 20 percent of the competition. Pennsylvania high schools and teachers participated in greater numbers than other states and Pennsylvania students ranked third in the number of perfect scores achieved. "We are encouraged that so many teachers and students chose to participate," said Mary Rosenkrans, director of the Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education. "However, the test results show that we still have work to do. I look forward to more schools and students using resources like the Office of Financial Education and the Jump$tart Coalition. When young people are financially literate, it means our economic future will be stronger." The National Financial Capability Challenge is designed to illustrate the relevance of financial capability, allowing students to demonstrate what they have learned and assess their financial knowledge. The competition also challenges high school teachers and other educators to teach the basics of personal finance to their students. Information about it can be found online at www.challenge.treas.gov. The Office of Financial Education helps Pennsylvania's teachers incorporate age-appropriate personal finance principles into the reading, math and other subjects they are already teaching; shows employers how to provide personal finance tips, tools and training to their employees in ways that complement their business objectives and boost their bottom lines; and helps community-based organizations offer high-quality financial education and counseling. For more information, visit www.moneysbestfriend.com. Media contact: Ed Novak, 717-783-4721 Editor's Note: Pennsylvania high schools that placed students in the top 20 percent of results are listed below:
Home-schooled students in the following school districts also scored in the top 20 percent:
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| Key Unemployment Issues and Concerns Focus of New ... - PRLog (free press release) Posted: 07 May 2010 09:18 AM PDT PR Log (Press Release) – May 07, 2010 – ConsumerFinanceReport.com, a consumer advocacy site focused on improving consumer knowledge and awareness of personal finance issues and topics, today announced it has added to its site a series of informational articles that are designed to help consumers navigate effectively through the unemployment claim filing and benefits process. The material covers topics that include: detailed guide to unemployment benefits, instructions on how to file unemployment online, guidance on how to appeal an unfavorable ruling, explanation of reasons for denial of benefits, and a review of extended benefits.
Authored and researched by consumer finance report's in-house staff of experienced and expert personal finance professionals, the material answers common questions that consumers often struggle with while unemployed. The articles provide practical information that will help unemployed persons and their families apply for, and receive, the assistance they are entitled to. The new unemployment content joins the site's current content subject areas that include mortgage refinance, home equity loans, personal loans, mortgage loan modification, credit repair, debt relief, tax, and insurance. A special section is dedicated to issues surrounding bankruptcy and foreclosure, containing information to educate consumers on bankruptcy facts and present viable alternatives to bankruptcy. Consumerfinancereport.com (http://www.consumerfinancereport.com) also provides updated scam alerts and warnings that highlight products or services about which people need to be aware. Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Are Teachers Making the Grade in Personal Finance ... - PRWeb Posted: 06 May 2010 12:08 AM PDT | New Study Reveals Need for Greater Focus on Teacher Training Denver, CO (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 6, 2010 -- While 89 percent of K-12 teachers agree that students should take a financial education course or pass a competency test for high school graduation, relatively few teachers believe they are adequately prepared to teach personal finance topics. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers Wendy Way, Ph.D., and Karen Holden, Ph.D., recently surveyed more than 1,200 K-12 teachers, students currently enrolled in teacher education programs, and university teacher education faculty to better understand their training and education in personal finance and their capacity to teach these topics. The new study was funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®). "This study reinforces the need to incorporate money management topics into educational opportunities for teachers and those studying to become teachers," says Ted Beck, president and CEO of NEFE. "We have an opportunity to dramatically affect the quality of K-12 financial education by providing teachers with the subject matter expertise they need." Teachers' Background Because a certification or specific training to teach financial education currently does not exist in most regions, teachers of family living, business education, and social studies, (where personal finance traditionally is taught) are the ones most commonly teaching it today. However, math teachers, who are less likely than teachers in these fields to have taken personal finance courses, are also incorporating financial examples in their teaching. Most teachers engaged in providing financial education report that they integrate financial education topics into regularly offered credit courses, rather than offering separate, stand-alone courses. The study showed that K-12 teachers and prospective teachers are acquiring very little additional formal education in personal finance, either through credit-based courses or non-credit offerings. In addition, only a few teachers and a handful of prospective teachers had completed any formal course work in educational methods for teaching financial education. Only 11 percent of K-12 teachers had taken a workshop on teaching personal finance. "Our research shows that teachers are open to integrating financial education into their curriculum. But they need help with tailoring the content to their discipline," says Holden. "Helping teachers learn how to include financial literacy concepts into other disciplines—such as math, consumer education, or language arts—is a way to expand financial education throughout the curriculum." State Standards However, the study found no influence of state mandates on whether a teacher had taken a course in personal finance, taught a course, or felt competent to teach a course. In fact, over 60 percent of teachers and prospective teachers said they do not feel qualified to teach their state's financial education standards. And teacher education faculty in those states were no more familiar with state financial education standards than K-12 teachers themselves. "This lack of influence of state mandates on teacher education implies that there are a lot of opportunities for improvement in the financial education we provide both pre-service and in-service teachers to meet their personal and professional needs," says Way. As states increasingly call for more attention to curricula and/or testing in personal finance, the data suggest that much work needs to be done to ensure that these standards are incorporated into the curriculum for prospective teachers and that K-12 teachers get the training they need to use the standards. For an executive summary or to read the complete Teachers' Background & Capacity to Teach Personal Finance study, click here. The National Endowment for Financial Education is an independent nonprofit organization committed to educating Americans about personal finance and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach financial goals. For more information, visit www.nefe.org. Wendy Way, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Karen Holden, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) ### Bookmark - Del.icio.us | Furl It | Technorati | Ask | MyWeb | Propeller | Live Bookmarks | Newsvine | TailRank | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Stumbleupon | Google Bookmarks | Sphere | Blink It | Spurl Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| How To Pitch: Money - mediabistro.com (blog) Posted: 07 May 2010 09:04 AM PDT
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Circulation: 1.9 million subscribers, 7.7 total readership Frequency: 11 issues/year (year-end double issue) Special Issues: Ultimate Investor's Guide (January/February double issue), Tech Guide (March), The Home Issue (April), MONEY 100 (May), The Health Issue (June), The Reader's Choice Issue (July), America's Best Places To Live (August), The Wealth Issue (September), The Retirement Issue (October), What to Do With $1,000, $10,000 or $50,000 Now (November), Make Money in 2011 (December) Background: Money, Time Inc.'s signature personal finance magazine, has helped people manage their day-to-day pecuniary matters for almost 40 years. "We navigate every aspect of it, from retirement planning to health care to home ownership, career, smart shopping, spending, managing savings, credit, debt -- most every aspect of your personal life," says executive editor Diane Harris of this service-oriented title. Although Money's competitors include SmartMoney and Kiplinger's Personal Finance, more broadly, Harris says the magazine considers daily newspapers and websites that cover personal finance, such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Yahoo! Finance, and The Motley Fool website, rivals as well. Harris says that both the depth and breadth of Money's knowledge on the topic of personal finance differentiates the magazine from its competitors. "We've been doing this for a very long time, and we're attuned to the kind of information [our readers] need," she says. ... Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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