Tag: financial literacy
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...
Study: R.I. ranks No. 42 in U.S. for ‘financial literacy’
PROVIDENCE – Financial services website WalletHub recently ranked Rhode Island No. 42 among the 50 states and the District of Columbia for financial literacy.
Rhode...
Magaziner: R.I. students lack personal finance education
PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Seth Magaziner says the Ocean State doesn’t measure up when it comes to educating students about personal finance.
Magaziner’s office recently...
Boosting financial literacy Brooks’ passion
Margaret Brooks is passionate about empowering the state’s vulnerable populations via financial literacy, a subject she knows intimately.
The fourth of nine children growing up...
R.I. schools to be graded on how well they teach about...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island schools will be taking an exam in the future with one central question: How well do you teach financial literacy?
Treasurer...
Washington Trust honored for its educational partnership promoting financial literacy
PROVIDENCE – The Washington Trust Co. has been awarded the 2018 Financial Capability Innovation Award by EverFi Inc. and its Financial Capability Network for...