Making Cents is a cooperative project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Penn State University. Below you will find previous messages for educators with numerous resources for teaching economics and personal finance.
Includes information on:
- April as Financial Education Month
- Financial Entertainment
- Council for Economic Education's Survey of the States
- President's New Advisory Council on Youth Financial Capability
- Teaching Children the Value of Work
- Using Vera B. Williams' "A Chair for my Mother" to teacher personal finance"
Includes information on:
- Hands on Banking
- Financial and economic education apps
-Uncle Jed's Barbershop (children's book)
-Financial Literacy TEACH IT! Videos
-Teaching Children to Give
-CFPB Report on Financial Education Spending
Includes information on:
-Great Piggy Bank Adventure
-Money Matters Report
- New MakingCentsPA.org Website
-Keeping Financial Records
-Professional Development Opportunities
Includes information on:
- New MakingCentsPA.org website
- 2013-2014 Making Cents webinars
- Report card on state's efforts to improve financial literacy
Includes information on:
- PA task force report on personal financial education
- Report on the status of personal finance and economics education in PA
- Summer professional development opportunities
- Online banking
Includes information on:
- EconEdLink
- Child Identity Theft
- Finance in the Classroom videos
- Tips from the Classroom
- FDIC Money Smart Materials for Elementary Grades
Includes information on:
- Vanguard's My Classroom Economy
- Visa's Practical Money Skills for Life Program
- NEFE Program Evaluation Tool
- Edutopia's Schools that Work Series on Financial Literacy
- Money as You Grow
- Conducting a Program Review
Includes information on:
- NEFE's High School Financial Planning Program
- Learning the Language of Personal Finance
- FEFE's Tips on Using Videos in the Classroom
- Interview with an Educator: Chuck Deal
- Visa's Avenger's Comic Books
- 2012 Kids and Money Survey
Includes information on:
- EverFi
- Tools for Saving and Investing
- Khan Academy
- Interview with an Educator: Greg Kaylor
- Financial Capability Study
Includes information on:
- Resources from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- What's Your Financial Reputation
- Biz Kids TV Show
Interview with an Educator: Stacy Burkey
- SAS Resources
- 2012 Schwab Teens and Money Survey