First convened in December, 1995, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy determined that the average student who graduates from high school lacks basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs. Many are unable to balance a checkbook and most simply have no insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing.
Many young people fail in the management of their first consumer credit experience, establish bad financial management habits, and stumble through their lives learning by trial and error. The Coalition´s direct objective is to encourage curriculum enrichment to ensure that basic personal financial management skills are attained during the K-12 educational experience. The wheels of education do not need to be reinvented, they simply require balance.
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Jump$tart Presents Federal Legislators and Odom Awards | ||||
Jump$tart's aim is to identify high-quality personal finance materials for educational use. The Clearinghouse is a database of personal finance resources available from a variety of education providers such as government, business and non-profit organizations. Once you find a material of interest, you can order it directly from the source. Many of the materials are low cost or free of charge. Teachers often use these personal finance teaching materials to support their state's standards in economics, business, math and family and consumer science. |
2008 Jump$tart Coalition Annual Awards Dinner --> |
Jump$tart Coalition - 2008 Meeting/Events Schedule
First Quarter National Board Meeting
Board Meeting, Friday, January 25 Meeting Room Courtesy of Mortgage Bankers Association 2008 Survey Results Press Conference
Jump$tart Special Event Fundraising Dinner
Renaissance Washington DC, Hotel Second Quarter National Board, Partner, State Leader and Committee Meetings
Partners Meeting, Board Meeting, and Workshop, Thursday, April 10 Renaissance Washington DC, Hotel Financial Literacy Day on Capitol Hill
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, 902 Please contact Jump$tart for additional information Third Quarter National Board Meeting
Board Meeting, Friday, July 18 Location to be determined Fourth Quarter National Board, Partner, and Committee Meetings
Partners Meeting, Board Meeting, and Workshop, Friday, October 24 Location to be determined |
The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
919 18th Street, N.W. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (888) 45-EDUCATE Fax: (202) 223-0321 Email: info@jumpstartcoalition.org
Copyright © 1997-2008 The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. All rights reserved.
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