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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.
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  • Previous EBlasts
  • March 2014 Making Cents eBlast  (3/11/2014)
  • 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"
  • January 2014 Making Cents eBlast  (1/7/2014)
  • 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
  • October 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (10/9/2013)
  • Includes information on:
    -Great Piggy Bank Adventure
    -Money Matters Report
    - New MakingCentsPA.org Website
    -Keeping Financial Records
    -Professional Development Opportunities
  • Augsut 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (8/22/2013)
  • Includes information on:
    - New MakingCentsPA.org website
    - 2013-2014 Making Cents webinars
    - Report card on state's efforts to improve financial literacy
  • May/June 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (6/6/2013)
  • 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
  • April 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (4/4/2013)
  • Includes information on:
    - MoneySkill
    - National Standards for Financial Literacy
    - Investopedia videos
    - Financial Fables short stories

  • February 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (2/5/2013)
  • Includes information on:
    - EconEdLink
    - Child Identity Theft
    - Finance in the Classroom videos
    - Tips from the Classroom
    - FDIC Money Smart Materials for Elementary Grades

  • January 2013 Making Cents eBlast  (1/3/2013)
  • 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

  • Fall 2012 Making Cents eBlast  (7/18/2012)
  • 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

  • Spring/Summer 2012 Making Cents   (6/12/2012)
  • Includes information on:
    - EverFi
    - Tools for Saving and Investing
    - Khan Academy
    - Interview with an Educator: Greg Kaylor
    - Financial Capability Study

  • Winter 2012 Making Cents eBlast  (5/1/2012)
  • 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