Center for Economic and Financial Education

The report called for more data sensitization for adults. It also how financial literacy sent to the back of the classroom due to recent developments in public education policy. “This is the group that came of age during the advent of No Child Left Behind and Common…

Many Washington students are graduating high school with little to no idea about how to handle their money. Experts say that could lead students down a path of debt and stress. That’s why some people are trying to teach high school students better ways to deal with personal finances now.

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Many Washington students are graduating high school with little to no idea about how to handle their money. Experts say that could lead students down a path of debt and stress. That’s why some people are trying to teach high school students better ways to deal with personal finances now.

Kids should start learning about personal finance at an early age, especially the difference between needs and wants, so that by the time they're adults they are financially literate and able to make smart choices.
That's the message Pam Whalley, director of the Center of…

Pamela Whalley, director of the Center for Economic and Financial Education at Western Washington University, will talk about financial illiteracy in her presentation, "Nice People Don't Talk About it," at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Communications Facility 110.
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