USA TODAY and the Richard Myles Johnson Foundation have collaborated to offer an exciting financial literacy program entitled Choice is Power! Many of the educational resources found here use USA TODAY’s Financial Diet series of articles to examine debt, money management, saving and investing. Students will explore consumer spending and savings trends and examine Americans’ financial future. They will discuss steps that people can take to become financially healthy. Students will utilize math, problem solving and analysis to compare the difference between saving and investing for retirement at an early age.
Lessons

High earners can still struggle

A budget can help young people cut their spending

Parents of teens ride waves of expenses

Breaking the cycle of payday loan ‘trap’

Budgeting: Vacation planning

Economics: Supply, demand and personal finance

Scoring a financial education

Students suffocate under tens of thousands in loans

Many teenagers uninformed in financial literacy

After 6 months of financial dieting…

Financial dieters make progress

Medical school expenses lead to heavy dose of debt

Family faces a real struggle in saving money for college

We don’t waste money, so where does it all go?

‘I’m just totally lost’ about finances


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Financial Diet Case Study

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The Financial Diet