Financial Fridays: Discover

With various settings through which students have been learning over the past two years, Pathway to Financial Success in Schools online, multimedia resources have seen tremendous engagement among educators, students, and families as they seek high-quality videos, modules, and discussion guides to foster financially literacy. The flexibility of Pathway to Financial Success in Schools helps teachers build confidence in their abilities to teach online and introduce personal finance into cross-curricular efforts.

The newest addition to the resources, launched just in time for National Financial Literacy Month titled Using Credit Wisely, is an expanded collection of self-paced, student interactive modules focusing on building an understanding of credit and how it works. Research shows that 57% of college students have a credit card, yet 74% of teens don’t feel confident about their financial education.  The Pathway in Schools’ unit on understanding credit aims to help bridge the gap by equipping students with interactive learning experiences that take them through everything from determining which type and form of credit aligns with their circumstances, to knowing when to use credit, managing debt and navigating credit reports. With these added resources, the goal is to continue to decrease the amount and percentage of debt as students emerge into adulthood.

Every teacher has heard the question “When will I ever use this in real life?” But with personal finance in 2021, the answer is, “every-single-day, multiple times.” Financial literacy is one of those topics guaranteed to touch the life of every student in America, and everyone should be prepared for good days and bad. Pathway to Financial Success in Schools offers educators free, high-quality resources on the one subject that every student will need to learn to embark with confidence into the next stage of their lives.

The foundation of Discover’s business is rooted in offering the tools and resources that will help people achieve a brighter financial future. The Pathway to Financial Success in Schools program continues to have a positive impact, one community at a time, across the country. Post-program, students are more informed and better equipped to make smart financial decisions that will have a direct impact on their future. Moving forward, Discover will continue to search for new ways and avenues to bring this level of financial education to today’s students and the current workforce.

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