Edutopia - October/November 2008 - (Page 36) Jump Start: Danielle Adamson feels more confident about her finances after learning about money management. small businesses.” She already has one paying client. In Murley’s entrepreneurship class in this Silver Spring, Maryland, school, it’s all about learning to make money. Activities like this game and ⇒eld trips to New York City’s wholesale district prepare students for the real work: creation of business plans that require market research, serious number crunching, and potentially viable products. Though some students end up making thousands of dollars bringing their plans to fruition, most don’t go beyond the plan—and that’s OK with Murley. “I most certainly want them to be able to recognize an opportunity,” Murley says. “I want them to be able to actually manage cash, start a business, have some money coming into their pockets.” It’s his hope that his students at least leave his class with the basic ⇒nancial knowledge that he sees as missing from public education. “It’s preposterous that kids don’t graduate with the ability to budget,” Murley says. “We’ve forgotten they need to have some ⇒nancial skill.” IT’S THE ECONOMY, AGAIN As the American economy falters, it’s even more important for students to leave high school—and the family fold—with ⇒nancial acumen, says Stephen Epstein, founder of DollarCamp, a program that teaches ⇒nance to high school students. Finance “absolutely should be part of the curriculum: how to budget, how to control their spending, how to build good credit, how to pick a good credit card, and how to stay out of debt,” Epstein says. Once kids are on their own, he adds, they can quickly get into debt without realizing how dif⇒cult it is to get out. 36 EDUTOPIA OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008
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