It has been determined that the average student who graduates from high school lacks basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs.  Many are unable to balance a checkbook and most simply have no insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing.  Many young people fail in the management of their first consumer credit experience, establish bad financial management habits, and stumble through their lives learning by trial and error.

The websites below are links to several organizations and programs designed to encourage students to learn more about their personal financial management obligations and how stay they can stay on top of this very important topic.

www.efc.org/finlit
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/index.php
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org/
http://www.ncee.net/