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	<title>Get Financial Finesse &#187; New Milestones in Financial Literacy</title>
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		<title>Do We Really Need a New Government Agency to Promote Financial Literacy?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/05/do-we-really-need-a-new-government-agency-to-promote-financial-literacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/05/do-we-really-need-a-new-government-agency-to-promote-financial-literacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Winland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 2, 2010 President Barack Obama signed a proclamation designating April as Financial Literacy Month.  In this eloquently worded document the President speaks of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.  What would this new organization do, what will it be charged with?  Will curriculum be added to the school requirements for graduation so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama creates Financial Literacy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/president-obama-creates-new-financial-literacy-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/01/president-obama-creates-new-financial-literacy-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Advisory Council on Financial Capacity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Obama signed an executive order creating an Advisory Council on Financial Capacity.  The goal of the Council is to advise the President on promoting and enhancing financial literacy in the U.S Though this is a big step forward in financial literacy, the council will unfortunately expire in two years unless it is renewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Financial Capability Challenge launched to promote financial knowledge among students</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/national-financial-capability-challenge-launched-to-promote-financial-knowledge-among-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/national-financial-capability-challenge-launched-to-promote-financial-knowledge-among-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the recent national financial literacy survey by FINRA and the U.S. Department of Treasury, a national program has been created to challenge teachers and students boost their financial knowledge. All U.S. high-school aged students are eligible to take part in the Challenge and Teachers, schools, school districts, home-school parents, and youth groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gap between Financial Knowledge and Real-World Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/the-gap-between-financial-knowledge-and-real-world-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/the-gap-between-financial-knowledge-and-real-world-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Treasury with the FINRA Investor Education Foundation have just released their results from a national survey of about 1,500 Americans. Most significantly to us, this report revealed a large gap between the survey respondents&#8217; self-assessed knowledge of financial and math knowledge and their actual behavior. While most respondents self-reported their financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle brews over money education</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/battle-brews-over-money-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/battle-brews-over-money-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the BBC reports, the government could face a battle over funding for a national money education scheme announced in the Queen&#8217;s Speech. Read the entire article from the BBC]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Personal Financial Distress and How Employers Can Help</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/employee-personal-financial-stress-and-how-employers-can-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/11/employee-personal-financial-stress-and-how-employers-can-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=1153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An American Psychological Association survey conducted in 2008, found that most Americans are stressed and anxious about their financial future.  The study reports that about 8 in 10 people identify money (81%) and the economy (80%) as significant sources of stress in their lives. Other sources of stress include work (67%), family health problems (67%), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Education: The New Curriculum</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/focus-on-a-new-generation-financial-education-the-new-curriculum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/focus-on-a-new-generation-financial-education-the-new-curriculum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Create a budget and stick to it. Shop around for the best price. Pay off credit-card balances each month. Roy Kobert set aside his work as a bankruptcy attorney one Friday morning to teach these and other personal-finance lessons at Boone High School. Read the full article at CSMonitor.com]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Literacy New Subject in High Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/new-subject-hitting-schools-financial-literacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/new-subject-hitting-schools-financial-literacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another. Chicago&#8217;s 113,166 public high school students may soon get a steady diet of both. Read the full article at Chicago Sun Times&#8217; Web site.]]></description>
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		<title>Visa and NFL Team up to Create Financial Literacy Football</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/visa-and-nfl-team-up-to-create-financial-literacy-football/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/visa-and-nfl-team-up-to-create-financial-literacy-football/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Conference today that it is launching a new FIFA World Cup™ branded educational video game as the centerpiece of a commitment to reach 20 million people worldwide with financial literacy information by May 1, 2013. Last year at CGI, Visa pledged to reach 10 [...]]]></description>
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