In cooperation with Secretary Geithner and Secretary Duncan, the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy is spreading the word and helping to enroll teachers and students in the National Financial Capability Challenge.
The National Financial Capability Challenge is a non-monetary awards program designed to increase the
financial knowledge and capability of high-school aged youth across the United [...]
What the Stuff Toy Review, a popular review site for all manner of toys for babies through teens, has given Thrive Time for Teens its highest rating of 5 stars.
The review states, “There may be no more important skill a parent can instill in their child than teaching them how to manage their money properly [...]
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Read more...Pay Your Family First, Sharon’s youth and family company that empowers financial literacy through innovative and easy-to-understand programs that are applicable to real-world situations, will be featured on an upcoming episode of the Hallmark Channel.
The program will air on the Hallmark Channel on Tuesday, November 24th at 7:30am (6:30am CST), with support airings running on the [...]
Sharon recently appeared on a broadcast of This Week in America with Rick Bratton to discuss how to talk to kids about money in a language they can understand and the top money mistakes parents make with their kids.
The half hour long interview is something every parent should listen to and find helpful, no matter [...]
I recently received an email from Danny Kofke, author of How To Survive (and perhaps thrive) On A Teacher’s Salary, about some of the ways he helps teach his 5-year-old daughter about money.
Kofke has set up three jars for his daughter labeled GIVE AWAY, SAVING and SPENDING. This is what every parent should be doing [...]
Teen and pre-teen girls from 11 different Boys & Girls Clubs around the nation partnered up with the Women Presidents’ Organization, Sam’s Club and Sharon Lechter to learn life-long financial lessons by playing the ThriveTime board game on September 17.
The annual financial education event, this time with the newly released ThriveTime for Teens board game, [...]
In another great step for financial education, the Kansas legislature signed Senate Bill 41 into law today, bringing financial education to all public K-12 schools in Kansas. Curriculum will be built by the Board of Education for the students and it will be a required part of state assesment tests.
You can read more and see [...]
Sharon was featured in a recent iCademy Globe report by financial reporter McKenna Tucker. The K-12 online school newspaper is run and written by young entrepreneurs with the drive to succeed and share with others. Below is an excerpt, but be sure to read the full article.
I recently had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Lechter [...]
