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In The News
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| 4/9/09 |
The Maine Jump$tart Coalition Releases Survey Results |
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| The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal
Financial Literacy, a nonprofit organization and state affiliate of the
National Jump$tart Coalition in Washington, DC released the results of
a survey sent to 220 School Administration Unit principals in Maine. |
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| 12/15/08 |
Harold Alfond Will Invest $500 in Your Baby's Future Education |
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Finance Authority of Maine
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| Believing that all Maine children deserve the
opportunity to succeed, Harold Alfond made available $500 for each new
baby to start a NextGen® account for education beyond high school.
There's no telling how far your child can go with the gift of a great
start.
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| 10/8/08 |
Grant to National JumpStart Coalition |
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Credit Union National Association Website
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| Grant to help fund Jumpstart Coalition
MADISON, Wis. (10/8/08)--The Charles Schwab Foundation has announced a
$150,000 grant to disseminate hard copies of the national personal
finance curriculum standards, which were developed with input from the
credit union movement.
The award goes to the Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial
Literacy, and will cover the cost to print and distribute 100,000
copies of the 2007 revision of the "National Standards in K-12 Personal
Finance Education."
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| 9/18/08 |
State Treasurer's Council on Financial Literacy |
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State of Maine
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| 9/14/08 |
JumpStart Coalition 2008 Financial Literacy Test for College Students |
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Student Lending Analytics website
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| Here is the test developed by JumpStart Coalition
for Personal Financial Literacy and administered to over 1,000 college
students in 2008. The mean score was 62.2%. Test your students and see
how they perform! |
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| 12/11/07 |
Savings Help for Children |
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Wall Street Journal
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| Maine residents are about to get a boost to their college savings |
