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Citizens donates $150K to 12 R.I. nonprofits for financial education

Financial Services 05/05/2022

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank recently awarded $150,000 in grants to 12 Rhode Island nonprofits to support financial literacy programs, according to a news release. The...

R.I. Treasury, RIDE, R.I. Foundation award $50K grant for financial literacy...

Education 09/13/2021

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of the General Treasurer in partnership with the R.I. Department of Education and the Rhode Island Foundation announced a...

Tavarozzi named R.I.’s Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year

Education 08/07/2020

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

Financial Services 03/02/2020

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

Education 07/26/2019

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

Education 07/08/2019

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

Education 06/14/2019

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....

A childhood as one of nine children in a poor family taught Margaret Brooks the value of financial literacy early on. Now she is dedicated to helping young people in the region learn how to manage their financial lives. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Partnerships’ greater numbers create strength in message delivery

Education 06/07/2019

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...

MANY HATS: Margaret Brooks, president of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition, also directs the Rhode Island Council for Economic Education, advocating for more financial education for K-12 students. She is the director of the Center for Economic Education at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Mass., and leads the school’s Office of Financial Literacy Initiatives.  / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boosting financial literacy Brooks’ passion

Business Women 05/24/2019

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...