Meeting a Critical Need: How a Blended Learning Financial Literacy Program Transforms Student Attitudes Toward Money Management
“I was reading horror stories about millennials getting into trouble with their finances, and so I contacted the local JA office to see how I could help,” “When you’re in high school, you tend to think that you’re bulletproof. I try to stress to students that they are making a series of decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.”
— Rick Coleman
Junior Achievement Volunteer, Tampa, Florida
There is an urgent need for financial literacy education in the nation’s high schools. If students want to have a future that is financially secure, in which they are making smart decisions with their money and are able to achieve their goals, they must learn basic financial literacy skills. This white paper explores how the JA Personal Finance Blended Model—a financial literacy curriculum—aims to help fill this void.
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