Tag: financial literacy
Tavarozzi named R.I.’s Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year
Maria Tavarozzi, a math teacher at Rogers High School in Newport, has been named Rhode Island’s 2020 Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year by...
JPMorgan Chase recognized for financial literacy programs
PROVIDENCE – JPMorgan Chase & Co., which recently opened two Rhode Island Chase Bank branches with plans for five more this year, was recognized...
Five Questions With: Dan Swedits
Dan Swedits, a certified public accountant and audit supervisor at Blum, Shapiro & Co., is one of a group of firm employees who have...
Aspiring college students know ‘shockingly’ little about financial aid
NEW YORK – High school students know very little about how financial aid works, according to a new analysis.
An overwhelming majority of 11th and 12th...
Cranston teacher wins Financial Literacy Educator of the Year honor
PROVIDENCE – Cranston elementary school teacher James Gemma has been named Rhode Island's Financial Literacy Educator of the Year.
Gemma, who teaches at Edward S....
Partnerships’ greater numbers create strength in message delivery
Margaret Brooks | Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition and Rhode Island Council for Economic Education president, Center for Economic Education at Bridgewater State University director
Collaboration...
Boosting financial literacy Brooks’ passion
Business Women Awards 2019 | HONOREE
Margaret Brooks, Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition
Margaret Brooks is passionate about empowering the state’s vulnerable populations via financial literacy, a...
College debt should be the first thing to learn
Graduation season begins in the coming weeks. Thousands of graduating high school seniors in our state already have been making plans for the next...
Five Questions With Bruno Figueiredo
Bruno Figueiredo | Vice president, associate readiness, Bank of America; chairman, Rhode Island Financial Literacy
1. What is financial literacy? Financial literacy means having the...
Why financial literacy is elusive
Graduation season will soon be upon us, and with it, so many admonitions explaining why students are unprepared for the challenges of the real...
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