HOW MATH SKILLS PLUS CONFIDENCE EQUALS BETTER JUDGEMENT ON HEALTH, MONEY
By Ellen Peters/Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, www.washingtonpost.com
Almost a third of American adults don’t have the math skills necessary to make effective decisions about their health and finances. These 73 million people can count, sort and do simple arithmetic.

OVER 70 FINCAMPS PLANNED FOR 2019-20
By Next Gen Personal Finance, www.ngpf.org
Our one-day FinCamps reached over 2,500 educators in all fifty states this school year. Teachers rate the FinCamps a 9.8 out of 10 and consistently call it the best PD they have ever attended which is why we have even more planned. FinCamps and FinCamp PLUS are provided at NO COST to participants. We update the workshop sessions every year, so repeat FinCampers are welcome! 

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY
By Census Bureau, www.consus.gov
The American Community Survey (ACS) helps lcoal officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation. This visualization lets you explore data the Census Bureau provides for some of the most popular topics from the 2018 ACS.

HOW TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT MONEY SO THEY BECOME FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
By Maggie Seaver, www.realsimple.com
How early is too early to familiarize your kids with core money concepts like earning, spending, saving, debt, credit, and investing? Money can seem like an inappropriate or simply overwhelming topic to bring up to your kids, but it doesn’t need to be—in fact, it absolutely shouldn’t be.

YOUR MONEY: U.S. TEACHERS TAKE HANDS-ON APPROACH TO FINANCIAL LITERACY
By Chris Taylor, www.reuters.com
There are a lot of hard truths about money, but here is one of the hardest: We are really bad at passing along money smarts. As it stands, only 57% of American adults can be considered financially literate, according to a global survey by Standard & Poor’s.