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The Daniels College of Business Brings Financial Literacy Into High School Classrooms
Aurora Science & Tech Large School’s freshman—and inaugural—class has had an unusual option to understand essential competencies frequently remaining out of the secondary college curriculum: economical literacy. All over the winter quarter, they uncovered about everything from budgeting to investing from graduate students and college at the College of Denver’s School of Accountancy, who led six ninth-grade courses through workshops covering the fundamentals of personal finance. Each and every workshop was created to deliver a diverse set of techniques that pupils can establish on during their lives, states Sharon Lassar, the John J. Gilbert endowed professor and director of the College of Accountancy at the Daniels Faculty of Small business.…
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How should I save for my children’s college education?
Welcome back to “Ask an Advisor,” the advice column where real financial professionals answer questions from real people. The topic can be anything in the world of finance, from retirement to taxes to wealth management — or even advice on advising. This week, for the first time, we’re bringing back a previous guest: the young lawyer who asked about Roth IRAs last week. This time he’s planning not for retirement, but for the children he and his wife hope to have in the next few years. Specifically, he’s wondering how to save for their education. The cost of college in the U.S. has more than doubled since the start of…
