Education

An April Fool Story: Why You Should Never, Ever Relinquish Your Check Leverage!

Thumbnail image for An April Fool Story: Why You Should Never, Ever Relinquish Your Check Leverage! by Karen Stewart April 4, 2012

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I like to create characters and caricatures based on real-life scenarios that I’ve encountered during my decades-long legal career. Today’s story begins in the city I called home for 30 years, Louisville, Kentucky. Springtime in Derby City It was a hot spring day in Louisville, [...]

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Financial Literacy Effort Slows at the Worst Time

Thumbnail image for Financial Literacy Effort Slows at the Worst Time by Kasey Steinbrinck March 27, 2012

How important is it for your kids to have a solid understanding of personal finances? Is it something that should be required curriculum in U.S. schools, or should young people learn about money the hard way? A better understanding of how mortgages work and the dangers of credit card debt could have saved many Americans [...]

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Financial Literacy Clause!

Thumbnail image for Yes, Virginia, There Is a Financial Literacy Clause! by Janice Conard January 10, 2012

Just last week I complained in Get Out of Debt While You’re Still Young that the U.S. education system doesn’t teach students the art of  money management. That’s why I was so heartened to read McDonnell announces personal-finance initiative in the Augusta Free Press.

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