• 8/26/08 Interview with David Dieterle, President of Michigan Council on Economics Education
• 5/01/08 May 2008 Practical Money Skills
• 4/21/08 Teach Personal Finance Early
• 4/18/08 Michigan High School Seniors lack Financial Skills
• 3/28/08 National Foundation for Credit Counseling 2008 Financial Literacy Poster Winner
• 1/22/08 Jump$tart on President's Advisory Council for Financial Literacy
• 1/22/08 President Bush Announces President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy

Money Math: Lessons for Life

On February 27, 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Financial Education, Citi's Office of Financial Education, the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and the Jump$tart Coalition announced the revised and reprinted Money Math: Lessons for Life (2008) at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.  Money Math consists of four lesson plans designed to teach middle-school math students about personal finance.

The book was authored by UMSL and will be distributed by the Treasury Department.  The 2008 reprint was generously sponsored by Citi.  Jump$tart, as you know, does not publish materials of its own, but we were proud to be a collaborator in this effort.  The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy also supports this product.  http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp843.htm. 

More information about Money Math can be found in the Jump$tart Clearinghouse www.jumpstartclearinghouse.org and on the Treasury website at: http://www.treasury.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/fin-education/council/index.shtml. You can request a free copy of Money Math from: moneymath@bpd.treas.gov.  You can also download a free .pdf copy from these sites.

State Financial Education Requirements

During the Money Math press conference, Dara Duguay also announced that the map of state financial education requirements is now live on the Jump$tart website.  http://www.jumpstart.org/state_legislation/index.cfm  The research for this project was sponsored by Citi's Office of Financial Education.  Dara Duguay and Lois Vitt will discuss this project at Jump$tart's general partners meeting in April.

Jump$tart's General Partners Meetings

If you haven't already registered for Jump$tart's General Partners Meetings on April 9 and 10, you can do that online at: http://www.jumpstart.org/meetings/April_Registration_2008.cfm

2007

Fall Conference has overflow crowd
172 teachers, credit union and community members were in Detroit for the Jumpstart conference December 4th. The attendees were presented with facts about the state of the national economy, the state of Michigan's economy and ways to get financial education in the school system. Most of those that attended were middle school and elementary school teachers. NEFE, FEFE and Exchange City also presented during the all day conference.

Here's a short video to highlight what was presented and why financial education is important.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBiPOjm_NBk

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2007

• 11/15/07 MCEE Jump$tart Letter
• 11/6/07 Exchange City and EarthWorks Produce Amazing Student Achievement Gains in Science and Economics
• 12/4/06  Michigan Jump$tart Coalition Promotes Youth Financial Literacy at Educator Conference