Literacy

8 Brands to Help You Celebrate International Literacy Day

Basic literacy skills are something many of us take for granted. With the growing digital divide and more students learning online, many children are not getting the same opportunities with reading and writing that students did in the past. For individuals in countries where technology is not easily accessible, this limits their opportunities even more. September 8th is International Literacy Day, which was founded by UNESCO and has been celebrated since 1967. Despite all of the progress that has been…

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Why We Must Teach Financial Literacy In School

[ad_1] Few parents of students in grade school, high school or college would disagree if you said; we need to teach basic economics and financial literacy as mandatory parts of our education system, and yet, we don’t? Why – well, that was the question recently put forth at our think tank. What might we teach the kids? How about how to balance a checkbook, how to calculate simple interest and amortization, and how about personal budgeting and credit card debt…

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