Edutopia - October/November 2008 - (Page 35) THE BUCKS START HERE By Alexandra R. Moses Illustrations by Wesley Bedrosian Photography by Gregory Cherin Fiscal Fitness Visit Edutopia.org for more content about financial literacy for students. video Dollars and Sense Watch Chicago students learn life lessons by managing their own $20,000 stock portfolios at Entrepreneur lessons lead to ⇒nancial know-how. edutopia.org/ariel-video feature Investing in Futures Check out programs where finance experts bring their know-how to class at edutopia.org/credit-card-education Money Lessons Find a guide to lesson plans and other financial-literary resources at edutopia.org/financial-literacy-resources D Show Them the Money Learn about how student-run bank branches teach career skills at anielle Adamson stares at the card in front of her. She has the chance to buy a four-unit building for $60,000. It’s not that she can’t afford it—she has $4 million in the bank—but she’s weighing the long-term return on the building against that of her savings. Realizing the building would give her a 24 percent return and the savings a 1 percent return, she buys it. At this moment, the Montgomery Blair High School senior is playing a money-management game in class, part of teacher Kevin Murley’s hands-on approach to teaching students about personal ⇒nance. With complete seriousness, Adamson and her fellow players sit at a small computer table, mull over their options, and scribble on cash ⇓ow statements. The game ends when each player makes enough money from investments to quit his or her job. When she ⇒nishes the game, with a “Ha! Oh, my gosh!” Adamson slides over to a clasroom computer to work on her business plan for a desktop publishing company, Print Publications. Her goal: “To be the publishing department for edutopia.org/student-credit-union poll Capital and Gown Vote on whether schools should require financial courses for graduation at edutopia.org/poll-finance-graduation EDUTOPIA.ORG EDUTOPIA 35 http://www.Edutopia.org http://www.edutopia.org/ariel-video http://www.edutopia.org/credit-card-education http://www.edutopia.org/financial-literacy-resources http://www.edutopia.org/student-credit-union http://www.edutopia.org/poll-finance-graduation http://www.EDUTOPIA.ORG
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