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Money On Their Minds, Part II


As I mentioned last time, New Jersey has revised its high school graduation requirements, mandating the teaching of financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy starting in 2010.  In that post, I talked a bit about Internet-based high-interest checking and savings accounts.  Here are two more suggestions for young folks who may be managing for their [...]

Posted 19 October 2009 † damian § Ed Leadership § Reflection ‡ Comments (0) °

Money On Their Minds, Part I


The New Jersey Dept of Ed recently (Ed.: February?  Really?) announced that it has revised the statewide high school graduation requirements.  You can read about all the changes here, but what I’d like to focus on is the new requirement of “2.5 credits in financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy (effective with the 2010-2011 9th [...]

Posted 08 October 2009 † damian § Ed Leadership § Reflection ‡ Comments (1) °