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Developing tools, resources & capacity to scale #FinEd across the US. #FinEdForward Newsletter sign-up: https://nitter.gq/t.co/987cvfU0bm

Chicago, IL
Joined April 2017
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📣 Are you thinking about entering the MAIAs but feeling unsure about the process? We've made the entry process simple with helpful hints at every stage. If you get stuck, our FAQ page has more details to guide you. 💻 So, what are you waiting for? maiawards.org/enter.
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1 DAY TO GO! ✨ The 1st Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards 2022 ✨ ⏰ Tue, May 31, 1:00 PM, UK 🔗 bit.ly/MAIAs-Award-Show-2022 #themaiawards #money #awardshow #awards2022 #linkedinlive
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It would be so much more useful for teacher prep programs to teach the neuroscience behind behavior rather than traditional classroom “management”.
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Want to learn more about planning for your financial future? Join our Twitter chat with @AmericaSaves on April 15 at 2 p.m. ET for tips and tools! Follow along: #FinancialLiteracyChat
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Really happy to have worked with @FINRAFoundation and @NEFE_ORG to pen a brief that translates our complex findings to a lay audience: Compared to a popular 2014 meta-analysis on the same topic, we find fin ed RCTs are 3-5x as effective in improving knowledge & behaviors.
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Snuck in a last-minute donation for the South Side #STEM Summer Camp for #UChiGivingDay tonight. Lots of great places a donation can go. 🧪🧬🧫🔭🔬 givingday.uchicago.edu/pages…
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Maybe one day Financial Education won’t need a month to get noticed. Until then happy Financial literacy month! #finlit4all. #coursenotprogram
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New: FTC sues Intuit for its deceptive Turbotax “free” filing campaign. Commission seeks an immediate halt to Intuit’s deceptive ads for “free” products: bit.ly/3NGDVUm
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Hannah Rubinton, an economist at the St. Louis Fed, talks about combining macroeconomic questions with geography. She’s currently exploring how geography might affect one’s college attainment ow.ly/HJJB50IoOH6
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Join us tomorrow for our next @federalreserve/#GFLEC FinLit Seminar! Stephanie Tully, Assistant Professor of Marketing at @USC, will present the seminar on "Psychological Ownership of Money: Evidence from the Lab and Field." Register today ➡️ bit.ly/3qtjYWU #EconTwitter
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Student Voice survey from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse is out. Check out the personal finance topics college students are talking about. #talkingcents insidehighered.com/news/2022…
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#IfThenSheCan brings unmissable 3D-printed statues of women working in STEM fields to our National Mall, examples to young women and girls of how far their dreams can carry them. These statues make visible the groundbreakers and mentors there to help make dreams into realities.
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We should teach financial education in every school across America.
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New finding: the pandemic is motivating people to become more financially literate and more so among those who are debt-constrained
Using data from the 2020 and 2021 #PFinIndex, a new report by Andrea Hasler, and #TIAAInstFellows @Dr_AnnaLusardi and @OS_Mitchell found those most constrained by debt are most motivated to boost their financial literacy. Read more: tiaainstitute.org/publicatio…
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Call for papers. February 2 is the deadline to submit financial literacy papers to the @EFA_org Annual Meeting in August. Two tracks list #finlit: Household Finance and Financial Intermediation Empirical & Financial Intermediation Theory. ➡️ lnkd.in/e7KeX3X8 #EconTwitter
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Call for papers! Submit your academic work by March 1, 2022, to present at #GFLEC’s 7th Cherry Blossom Financial Education Institute, supported by @NEFE_ORG. Learn more about the FinLit Research Award & the Rising FinLit Scholar Award here: bit.ly/2TDYlzS. #EconTwitter
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I'm looking to hire a research assistant ASAP to work on HS fin ed data collection. Would need to work for the next month 25+ hrs/week, with extension negotiable. Ideal for an undergrad who starts the semester late and wants some research experience. E-mail me a resume. @econ_ra
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#DYK More than 92M Americans are likely to make financial New Year’s resolutions for 2022, according to a new @wallethub survey. Want to spark meaningful conversations about money with your family & friends this holiday season? Check out #TalkingCents! financialeducation.uchicago.…
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Breaking: ED is announcing an extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest, & collections through May 1, 2022. go.usa.gov/xeuHj [🧵 1/4]
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