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Financial Education Compulsory For Schools?

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:31:14 +0000

UK Government to consider making financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum. Earlier this week, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People, which has the support of 226 MPs and Peers, issued a report calling for compulsory money lessons. Pictured is Daniel Britton from The Financial Fairy Tales [...]

Pensions Report Reveals Lack of Financial Knowledge

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:21:34 +0000

The latest Friends Life Visions of Britain 2020 report shows the education system in the UK is felt to have failed to provide recession hit Britons with now-needed financial knowledge. The Pensions Reform report has been compiled on behalf of Friends Life by The Future Foundation and is entitled “Pensions: The Root Problem”. Some 83% [...]

10 Reasons Why Money Skills Should be Taught in Schools

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:42:01 +0000

We all know that schools are supposed to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, but what about the ability to handle money? With more Americans in debt now than ever, it seems to be logical that students be taught more than just who is on the money. Below, we have gathered a list of ten reasons [...]

Fairy Tales and Political Correctness

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:56:19 +0000

The famous fables and fairy tales that earlier generations of children grew up with are being re-written or are completely falling out of favor with those who aspire to “Political Correctness”. What people don’t realize is that many of these tales have been “sanitized” repeatedly over the years, having started as truly gruesome stories. In [...]

Children’s ISA’s – What You Need To Know

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:54:36 +0000

It’s commonly believed that in the UK, Children are exempt from tax. This is in fact a money myth. They are treated in exactly the same way as adults, which means each child can in the 2011-12 tax year earn up to £7,475 tax free from income, savings or investments. Grown-ups who enjoy managing money sometimes look into [...]