Maintaining Family Financial Credit Worthiness: Managing Student Loans

Student loan debt is growing relative to incomes and other forms of debt.  It is important to note that managing student loans is not just a financial education issue for younger people; loans may also be incurred by older learners returning to school or job training. This brief summarizes options for managing student loans, focusing […]

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Food Insecurity and Family Finances

Judi Bartfeld and J. Michael Collins introduce a discussion of the interrelationship between food and financial insecurity, using a unique data set collected in predominantly low-income schools across Wisconsin in collaboration with community-based educators. Issue Brief: Food Insecurity and Family Finances: Evidence from Wisconsin School Children mp3 file*: Food Insecurity and Family Finances (conversation on 10/27/2014) […]

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New Strategies for Financial Education for Preschool Aged Children and Families

There are many financial education programs targeted at adults and high school students, and even a few aimed at school children. Strategies are now emerging to deliver programs and curricula aimed even at very young children, age 4-5, before entering elementary school.  This brief summarizes recent research that informs financial education strategies for preschool age […]

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Understanding Financing Options for Education

Student loan debt has attracted widespread media attention due to recent increases in the amount of student loan debt in the US and the growing share of all household debt that student loans account for. This brief reviews these trends for Wisconsin, discusses the balance between taking on too much versus too little debt, and […]

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Financial Literacy Education for Children: A Review of Studies

This brief summarizes research about how children learn about personal financial topics, with an emphasis on in-school financial education. Issue Brief Financial Literacy Education for Children mp3 file* Financial Literacy Education for Children (April 9, 2012) *Listen now or download the audio file to an mp3 player for later listening by following the steps on […]

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What Your Kids Learned From the Crash

One silver lining to the Big Meltdown: Teens and young adults are saving more and spending less. Try these smart moves to make the new habits stick. By Dan Kadlec Find the nearest copy of this article in Money magazine (VOL. 39, NO. 8 – September 2010)  through the on-line World Catalog.

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