First convened in December, 1995, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy determined that the average student who graduates from high school lacks basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs. Many are unable to balance a checkbook and most simply have no insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing.
Many young people fail in the management of their first consumer credit experience, establish bad financial management habits, and stumble through their lives learning by trial and error. The Coalition´s direct objective is to encourage curriculum enrichment to ensure that basic personal financial management skills are attained during the K-12 educational experience. The wheels of education do not need to be reinvented, they simply require balance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If you would like to become a “Sponsor” for this important national education conference, please click here. If your organization would like to register as an “Exhibitor” for the event, please click here to access the enrollment form. Teacher registration for the conference will begin September 1, 2009. Watch the Jump$tart Coalition® Web site for more information. |
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Jump$tart Coalition - 2009 Meeting/Events Schedule
Third Quarter Board Meeting
Board Meeting, Thursday, July 23 Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. National Board Members only, please. Fourth Quarter Board, Partner, and Committee Meetings
First Annual Jump$tart Coalition National Educator Conference
November 6-8, 2009 Capital Hilton, Washington, DC |
REALITY CHECK HAS MOVED! Here is the new URL: http://www.jumpstart.org/realitycheck
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The 12 Principles Calendars for 2009 are now Out of Stock!
Unfortunately, an overwhelming response to this offer has depleted the Jump$tart Coalition supply of 12 Principles calendars for this year. We're so glad you liked them! Remember, however, the calendar is still available as a PDF download. Please click on the link below to see a printable version of the calendar in a PDF format. Once again, thanks to Capital One for its support! It is appreciated. The Jump$tart Coalition® has developed twelve personal finance principles for young people to connect to their financial futures. This year, these practical, everyday ideas are sponsored by Capital One®. If followed, these principles can help students stay connected to their financial lives-start today!
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THE FINANCIAL LITERACY
The 2008 national Jump$tart survey of high school seniors was the sixth such biennial survey and completed the first ten years of measuring financial literacy in the United States. In 2008, the Jump$tart Coalition also conducted its first national survey designed to measure the financial literacy of college students. The two surveys present contrasting results. The financial literacy of high school students has fallen to its lowest level ever, with a score of just 48.3 percent. The average score for college students on the same 31 question exam, however, was 62.2 percent, nearly 15 percentage points above that of high school seniors. In fact, if measured on the high school senior base of 48.3 percent, college students actually did nearly 29 percent better. In addition, scores improved for every year of college with seniors averaging 64.8 percent. The good news is that American college graduates are close to being financially literate and probably will be so with more life experience. The bad news is that just 25 percent of our young adults are graduating from college and this number appears to have stabilized. This means that 75 percent of young American adults are likely to lack the skills needed to make beneficial financial decisions.
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The Coalition produces a quarterly newsletter called the "Jump$tart Update" designed to keep educators informed about personal finance education tools and concepts, sample lesson plans, upcoming events and the activities of the Coalition and member organizations.
Receive a sample copy of the newsletter by calling (202) 466-8604.
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