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CHAPTER 6
At
www.edgate.com
students can access Practical Money Skills for Life on the
main Web page. This is a money management activity that covers
making and sticking to a budget, saving and investing, the
danger of irresponsible spending, and maintaining a good credit
history.
Current
rates for credit cards and consumer loans are at www.bankrate.com
and www.banx.com.
Information
on credit reports can be found at www.equifax.com
and www.transunion.com.
Credit
law information is available at www.ftc.gov,
the Web site of the Federal Trade Commission, and www.pirg.org,
the network for Public Interest Research Groups.
www.jumpstartcoalition.org
The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks
to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults.
Its purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young
adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines
for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance.
Its Web site provides a searchable database of educational
materials for the K-12 age group. (888) 45-EDUCATE.
www.ncfe.org
is the Web site for the National Center for Financial Education.
It is a consumer-oriented, nonprofit, public education organization
that offers articles and worksheets on topics, such as spending
perception and creating a spending plan.
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