That is really interesting. A few years back I was involved in a financial 
education program sponsored by a local bank and the state of New Mexico 
called "The Stock Market Game". I think it may also be a national program, 
run on a state by state level. Look into it if you are interested. 
Basically, they allow students to work as a group and choose the stocks they 
want to invest in. They have a set amount of money to invest ($10,000), and 
they offer a software platform to track everything online. I work with 
Elementary age students and they loved it! Checking their stock's on a daily 
basis. Coming into class with the financial section of the newspaper. It was 
a site to see. I was surprised to say the least. I thought it would be fun 
and I believe financial education is very important, but their response far 
exceeded my expectations.

Craig

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From: "Barbara Garner" <b.garner4 at verizon.net>
To: "Brian, Dr Donna J G" <djgbrian at utk.edu>; "The Poverty, Race, Women and 
Literacy Discussion List" <povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:47 AM
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 50] Re:  MoneySmart Curriculum


Cheryl Jackston wrote an article for "Focus on Basics" about the math and 
financial planning lessons her program offered to a workplace education 
program. They had a community affairs officer from a local bank present on 
financial literacy. The article, Education Leads to Investments", is 
available at http://www.ncsall.net/?id=630, volume 7B, 2004.

Barb Garner
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From: "Brian, Dr Donna J G" <djgbrian at utk.edu>
Date: 2006/11/17 Fri PM 02:48:10 CST
To:
"The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List" 
<povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 47]  MoneySmart Curriculum

This curriculum, MoneySmart put out by the FDIC, looked like a good 
resource, so I went online to locate it and check it out. The curricula is 
available both online and in the form of a CD-ROM. Both can be accessed from 
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html. It is 
available in English and Spanish. Definitely a helpful and well-done 
resource! Thanks, Judy, for making us aware of it!Donna Donna BrianCenter 
for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennesseedjgbrian at utk.edu
From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov 
[mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Formalarie, Judith
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:12 AM
To: The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List
Subject:[PovertyRaceWomen 46] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 1, Issue 14


Hello All,
I work for the State of New Jersey doing public policy planning for all 
issues related to workforce development-including gender parity (NJ is the 
only state that has a Council on Gender Parity in Labor and Education-which, 
by the way, does great work!), disability issues, and literacy. I got 
involved with the FDIC and the FREE training they provide on Financial 
Literacy through local banks. As part of the FDIC mandate, banks must do 
come community relations and for many, it is providing this training. The 
last contact person I had was Valerie Williams who works for the FDIC out of 
NYC. Her contact number was 917-320-2621. You can also call the main number 
at 917-320-2500 and ask for their Division of Supervision and Consumer 
Protection. The name of the program was either Smart Money or Money 
Smart..not sure which and I took my CD of it home to have my teens go 
through it!

As this is a national program, and it is free, it is a good source for adult 
literacy providers looking for financial literacy curriculum and speakers!

Good luck!
Judy

Judith L. Formalarie
State Employment & Training Commission
John Fitch Plaza - 4th Floor
PO Box940
Trenton, NJ 08625-0940
609-633-0605
609-633-1359 fax

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