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The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Claire Stephanic	Would You Pay 500% on Your Debt? There's a direct correlation between education and making smart financial decisions. Unfortunately, most high schools do not offer financial literacy courses.
FDIC FYI September 22, 2004	Delivery Systems for Financial Education in Theory and Practice This update on emerging issues in banking makes it clear that financial education is crucial given today's financial environment. However, deciding to offer a program is but the first step on a long journey toward instilling true financial education.
FDIC FYI November 5, 2003	Financial Education in a Dynamic Banking Environment While consumer credit is more available than ever, technological advances and an array of new consumer products and services have made modern banking more complex. In this arena, it is more important than ever for consumers to be educated about their rights and options regarding financial offerings.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2008	Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out.
U.S. Banker June 2011 Joel Berg	Financial Literacy: A Kiddie Lesson in Money Matters Elementary students get lessons from Pan American Bank in financial literacy, and teach some too.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2007 Rich Duprey	Will Bubba Bring Back Payday Loans? Georgia's legislature debates permitting cash advances three years after banning them. It would be a product unique to the state, but would undoubtedly still draw the industry players, like Advance America.
U.S. Banker March 2008 John Engen	The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Brian Richards	Do You Know What to Do With Your Money? Congress deems April "Financial Literacy Month," in an effort to educate Americans about all aspects of money -- credit, interest, savings, investing, and taxes.
U.S. Banker May 2007 Thomas P. Vartanian	Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets Problems in the subprime mortgage business will inevitably lead to opportunities for those who can evaluate, service or manage the underlying loans, securities and real estate.
T.H.E. Journal April 2006	Read All About It! Here's a list of Reading First vendors are supplying educators with tools to advance student literacy.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Andrew Ackerman	DOE Supports Loans The U.S. Department of Education plans to provide liquidity support to the student loan market.
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The Motley Fool October 31, 2008 John Rosevear	Help Stop the Stupidity! How to (maybe) prevent the next financial crisis.
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T.H.E. Journal October 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	A Plan Without a Plan Without some leadership and cooperation at all levels, a new federal mandate for gathering data on students' technological literacy will produce meaningless results.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2008 Brad Prescott	What You Can Do to Squash the Subprime Sequel While it's too late to prevent the current recession, a nation of financially literate individuals would be less prone to future crises. The best way to protect your portfolio from the next subprime debacle is simple: teach the next generation financial literacy now.
Searcher September 2009 Lark Birdsong	Information Literacy Training for All - The Outliers The Information Literacy Initiative at the University of Washington Information School is a funded, active organization that began in 2007 after the successful training of a group of youth labeled "at-risk."
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U.S. Banker November 2009 Marissa Fajt	Credit Where Credit Is Due: How to Reach Hispanics Listen up bankers. A specialty finance firm in California is winning over unbanked consumers with simple, small-dollar loans.
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AskMen.com September 2, 2002 Ian Speigel	Basics Of A Home Mortgage For some people, taking out a mortgage is a nauseating and terrifying proposition. It's not difficult to understand why. After all, you're basically laying your financial bits and pieces on the table and asking to be judged. But it doesn't have to be so bad.
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Science News July 21, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer	Math Trek: Math as a Civil Right Voting rights advocate calls for mathematics literacy in education.
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The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Financial Education, Government Style The government could do a better job teaching financial literacy. Fortunately, many other resources are meeting the need.
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