Pilot Program Aims to Teach Kids the Value and Potential of Money

Pilot Program Aims to Teach Kids the Value and Potential of Money

Faith Fiorello dreaded the thought of classrooms during summer recess, but her interest in dollars and cents and a heavier piggy bank quickly took over. The 11-year-old came home each day and bombarded her mother, Kimberly Fiorello, with questions: Did you know the money you deposited doesn’t stay at the neighborhood bank? Did you know it’s used to build local businesses nearby and improve our community? Do you know why certain products cost so …

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ThePatriotLight - Two middle school students pitch their business idea to peers during a recent Middle School MBA program. Courtesy of John Rock Foster, Middle School MBA founder and president.Faith Fiorello dreaded the thought of classrooms during summer recess, but her interest in dollars and cents and a heavier piggy bank quickly took over.The 11-year-old came home each day and bombarded her mother, Kimberly Fiorello, with questions: Did you …

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Middle School MBA focuses on business economics and is modeled after grad school degree programs scaled to appropriate age group. The post Pilot Program Aims to Teach Kids the Value and Potential of Money appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.