Showing posts with label financial literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label financial literacy. Show all posts

April 25, 2014

States Lag in Educating Students About Personal Finance

Recent Pew Charitable Trusts article states: "States Lag in Educating Students About Personal Finance" and can be found at: http://bit.ly/PAO8TE.   Please consider our new series Be Smart About Money and Financial Literacy.   Available in Library Edition, paperback and eBook. From Enslow Publishers, Inc.

April 07, 2014

April is Financial Literacy month

To help students develop the skills and strategies related to financial planning, saving, and investing, look at
Enslow's new series, Be Smart About Money and Financial Literacy. Written for the middle school reader, each of these six books cover one topic related to money and financial literacy.

Be Smart About Credit, the first title in the series, defines the two ways of looking at debt; the kinds of credit and debt; the costs of credit and debt; what are credit ratings and reports;  knowing rights and responsibilities; and troubleshooting tools. The end of each chapter features a math or word problem.

All six titles in the series are available in library, paperback, and eBook formats. There is also a library/eBook bundle. These titles are available from your preferred vendor, local bookstores, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.

This series is also correlated to the Common Core College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards.


January 02, 2014

Students' New Year's Resolutions and saving money

For the middle grade student, the Be Smart About Money and Financial Literacy series helps students develop the skill and strategies needed for financial planning, savings, and investment. This six-book series also contains math and financial literacy questions at the end of each chapter, helping students to see how financial planning will make their lives easier in the long run.

Topics covered include credit, investing, money, shopping, careers, and the student's future. This series will be correlated to the Common Core, and are available in library, paperback, and eBook formats.

These titles are available from your preferred vendor, your local independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and enslow.com.