By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Alyse Pflanz calls financial literacy a “superpower.” When students learn to make smart decisions with their money, it sets them up for success throughout their lives and helps them avoid the stressors that impact many adults. “If we can teach students to manage their money better at a young age and develop an economic way of thinking, they’ll continue to make wise decisions as they get older,” said Pflanz, a lecturer … [Read more...] about Center for Economic Education serves as valuable resource for students, teachers
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UNK, Kearney Federal Credit Union partner to open student branch at Emerson Elementary
KEARNEY – Fifth-graders at Emerson Elementary in Kearney soon will have a student bank branch that allows them to open a savings account and increase their economic and personal finance literacy. Kearney Federal Credit Union will open the student branch and host a ribbon cutting at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 16 at Emerson. The project is the culmination of a yearlong planning process involving Emerson faculty, KFCU and the University of Nebraska at Kearney Center for Economic … [Read more...] about UNK, Kearney Federal Credit Union partner to open student branch at Emerson Elementary
