Monday, September 29, 2008

The National Financial Literacy Challenge

The President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy is offering their second financial literacy challenge for high school students November 3rd-26th. For more information please visit http://flc.treas.gov:80/index.htm. Be sure to pass this information on to teachers, administrators, and others whom you feel might be interested.

Friday, September 26, 2008

SB 834 Passes!

Great News - SB 834 passed the house on Wednesday, September 24th. The legislation changes the math requirement in the state's high school graduation requirements by adding financial literacy as one of the accepted mathematics courses for the fourth year of the subject. The bill is on to the Senate and then the Governor! Thanks to everyone who has helped make this happen!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Check out Inside Michigan Education

David Dieterle, President of Michigan Council on Economic Education was interviewed for the Inside Michigan Education podcast for this week. Be sure to log onto www.insidemieducation.com and check it out!