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Resources for Educators
Community
Financial Literacy in your Community!
The following Web resources can provide information, data and other background to help you further the mission of financial education in your community.
- Banking on Opportunity: A Scan of the Evolving Field of Bank On Initiatives
- Creating Financially Capable Communities: A Resource Guide
- Every American Financially Empowered – A Guide to Increasing Financial Capability among Students, Workers, and Residents in Communities
- Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector
- Financial Literacy: An Overview of Practice, Research, and Policy
- Goodbye to Complacency: Financial Literacy Education
- President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
Employers
Employees who are financially well-informed are able to take greater personal responsibility for their financial decisions, are more proactive and confident in their financial decision making, experience less stress at home and at work and are more productive employees.
- Financial Capability at Work: A Strategic Framework to Guide Employers
- Financial Education for Employees
- Financial Education in the Workplace, Motivations, Methods and Barriers
- Workplace Financial Education
- Workplace Leaders in Financial Education Award
Parents
As parents, you influence the way your children will grow up to manage money. Below are some helpful links to help your children learn more about financial literacy. You can also visit our Just4Kids! page for more resources.
- AICPA 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Ask Dr. Econ
- Bankrate.com
- Choose to Save
- Credability Webinars, Podcasts and Videos
- EconEdLink Resources for K-12 Teachers
- FDIC Money Smart Financial Education Program
- Financial Literacy Now
- FRBSF Educational Resources
- Lifetuner
- Mapping Your Future
- Money Savvy Generation
- Moonjar Money Box
- MyMoney.gov
- National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
- Practical Money Skills
- Reality Check
- Smart About Money
- Spendster
- Treasury Direct – Money Math: Lessons for Life
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Mint – Financial Literacy
- Young Money
Teachers
As a teacher, you are vital in helping youth learn how to make wise financial decisions. Help educate your students by utilizing some of the resources we have below.
- FDIC Money Smart for Young Adults
- Federal Reserve Econ Explorers
- Financial Education Public Private Partnership
- Jump$tart Reality Check
- MoneySKILL
- National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
- Pathway to Financial Success
- Practical Money Skills for Life
- University of Arizona – Family Economics and Financial Education (FEFE)
