Web can help students' financial education

By PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor - 10/11/2009


Dear Action Line: With all that's going on in the economy I am looking for ways to help my junior and senior high school kids understand it all. Are there publications for this or associations that promote financial education of children? — N.N.P., Tulsa.

Help for teachers and parents on finance and investment-related educational resources are available from the nonprofit Alliance for Investor Education (AIE) in 10 of the best Web-based resources for educating children about saving and investing.

The Alliance's new "Back to School: Investor Education in the Classroom" site features 10 top resources for consumers and is available at tulsaworld.com/InvestorBack2School.

AIE (tulsaworld.com/InvestorEd) is the organization of America's 21 leading financial-related foundations, nonprofit organizations, associations and agencies.

The Stock Market Game: At tulsaworld.com/StocksGame, this Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Foundation for Investor Education game gives students $100,000 to invest in an online portfolio to learn economic and financial concepts.

Savings Tips for Kids & Money: At tulsaworld.com/Kids&Money, the Employee Benefit Research Institute/American Savings Education Council offers everyday "teachable money moments" as an effective way to teach young children about money.

Just for Teachers: At tulsaworld.com/SECteachers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission gives information to teachers on teaching others to save and invest wisely.

FSI — Fraud Scene Investigator: At tulsaworld.com/FraudSceneInvestigator, the North American Securities Administrators Association's online interactive investor education program shows students how to detect and stop Mr. X's million-dollar investment fraud.

Learning, Earning and Investing: At tulsaworld.com/LearnEarnInvest, the Council for Economic Education offers this multifaceted, comprehensive investor education program for students, grades 4 through 12.

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program: At tulsaworld.com/NEFEhighschool, the National Endowment for Financial Education's award-winning, free, highest-quality financial education program is available to high schools nationwide.

Basics of Saving and Investing, Investor Education 2020: At tulsaworld.com/InvestorEd2020, the Investor Protection Trust teaching guide is for high-school teachers but also good for investor education and protection initiatives in college courses, workplace education, after-school programs and seminars for adults and seniors.

Financial Literacy Training for High School Students: At tulsaworld.com/HSfinancial, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is eight instructional modules, with handouts, developed by Center for Financial Studies at Southern New Hampshire University.

Teaching Children About Mutual Funds: At tulsaworld.com/KidsMutualFunds, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants/360 Degrees of Financial Literacy guide gives kids, ages 10 through 12, the most valued and lasting gift: knowledge of investing and mutual funds.

Federal Reserve Kids Page: At tulsaworld.com/FedReserveKids, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System answers 10 questions on the system about its purpose.



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