Coupon Queen shares small, smart budget wins
A reader details frugal living tips from birthday celebrations to home meals, library borrowing, and app deals. Highlights include Top Golf discounts, hosting Mother’s Day at home, buy one get one free roasts, and CVS Garnier Fructis savings with digital coupons. Rachel Krych promotes spend less and save more across her columns.
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Giant Eagle
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Rachel
Google
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Financial literacy goes mainstream in high schools nationwide
The rise of personal finance education expands across states with a push to make it a graduation requirement. Kentucky joins 35 other states in codifying stand-alone courses, while schools experiment with stand-alone classes and electives. Teachers report students gaining practical skills like budgeting, saving, and early investing, with providers and banks aiding in program delivery.
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Kentucky
Council of Economic Education
Theo Bosio
Forest Hills Northern High School
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Bosio
Brian Johnson
Lilly Campbell
Bosie
Patrick Kubeny
Wisconsin
The
Washington Post
Icans
Gen X
California
Sacramento
Edie Park
Mariah Bowman
Jordan Collins
NextGen
Personal Finance
Federal Reserve
Jumpstart Coalition
Sacramento Charter High School
Golden 1 Credit Union
Franklin Templeton Investments
Financial literacy classes show mixed effects on retirement planning
Early studies link such courses to higher grant uptake and less reliance on credit, but evidence on 401 k participation remains weak. Teachers report tangible student actions like opening Roth IRAs and cutting banking fees, with juniors discussing taxes and insurance beyond investing.
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Carly Urban
Montana State University
Urban
Jennifer Pariseau
Parkside High School
Salisbury
Maryland
Kaylee Ebersole
Reedjina Derisse
Mark Loovis
Mount St. Joseph High School
Baltimore
Bella Berlin
Barnstable Academy
New Jersey
Albina Rai
Jolce Mukamba
Winooski High School
Vermont
Mukamba
McDonald's
Rai
Resiliency spotlight honors Pasco students at Cypress Creek
Kayla Davis Kuiper, once plagued by foster care and mental health struggles, defies odds to graduate this June with a 3.4 GPA and plans radiography study at St Petersburg College. She and Taylor Jones, who faced loss and legal trouble after her father’s 2020 death, are among this year’s turnaround scholars celebrated at Cypress Creek in Wesley Chapel.
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Wesley Chapel
Fla
Kayla Davis-Kuiper
Davis-Kuiper
West Pasco County
River Ridge High
Natalie Davis
Nana
Pam Kuiper
Kayla
Pasco County
St. Petersburg College
Cypress Creek
Pasco High School
Amber Meyers
Taylor Jones
Meyers
Jones
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