http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/26066.aspxWed, 25 Nov 2009 21:53:12 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26066Margo1971Math worksheets can provide extra practice for adding and subtracting decimals. But when teaching money concepts, it often helps to have real-world practice. With this lesson, students will make choices on what to buy from sale ads, figure their total cost, and make change without using worksheets. Counting Money Lesson Plan: Part One For stude...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/10100.aspxSun, 05 Jul 2009 23:33:14 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:10100AnneVThis article shows how to teach high school students to save for future purchases rather than relying on credit and risking getting into debt. I The focus in this article is on how to write a savings goal and plan income and expenses to meet the savings goal. Goal Setting Introduce this session by asking students to work in pairs to write a list of...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/6650.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 02:47:32 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:6650AnneVSaving money means we can plan for the future and set goals about what we would like to buy in the longer term. Writing a budget is a vital step in learning to manage money. Teach young people the value of saving for the future rather than spending everything now, or buying on credit. Saving for a Rainy Day The concept of saving is a simple one. If...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/26916.aspxWed, 25 Feb 2009 00:49:11 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26916justkat73Learning the value of money can be fun. This Money Math Lesson Plan teaches students the value of money as well as the value of goal setting and accomplishments. Money Lesson Plans: Costs Math is a subject that requires more innovation than most to elicit student interest. But students tend to respond well to positive reinforcement. This money ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/6730.aspxWed, 31 Dec 2008 20:21:39 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:6730AnneVCredit is sometimes seen as the easy option for dealing with debt. But it can be a trap, especially for young people who are often unlikely to have the skills to manage credit well, or to avoid the traps. Credit Introduction Understanding credit is challenging for young people. They see many examples around them of people who use credit as part of ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/18831.aspxThu, 11 Dec 2008 00:43:24 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:18831Hawk1030This article examines why taxpayers never hear the amount of money spent on state testing. Education Budget Problems Why is it that I, as a taxpayer of Mississippi, have never heard the amount of money that is spent on state testing? Besides the fact that the number of dollars spent on testing each year is astronomical, it is almost ridiculous. Sta...