Financial literacy expert visits N. Providence High School
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Simply paying attention -- to bills, to contracts, to fine print -- is one of the keys to financial responsibility, Laura Levine, national executive director of the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and a member of the Presidents's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, told students at North Providence High School Monday. North Providence is one of the few high schools in the state that requires its students to take a financial literacy course. Levine is also scheduled to speak to students at Central High School in Providence on Monday. In a national Jump$tart survey of high school students in 2008, the mean national score was only 48 percent, down from 52 percent in 2006. Rhode Island students taking the survey matched the national mean score of 48 percent, down from 49 percent in 2006. Jump$tart has state coalitions in 48 states, including Rhode Island. Levine said the current recesssion has focused attention on financial literacy issues. "Financial literacy and the need to manage money has been important all along, but this has raised awareness," she said. "If there's a silver lining, it's been the increased interest in financial literacy and education." Levine said Jump$start would like to see financial education be mandatory in schools. She said school oficials agree that financial literacy is important, but point out they already have an increasing number of requirements as it is, with shrinking resources. According to a 2008 study, the Rhode Island Jump$start Coalition found that only about 6 percent of high school students take a course devoted to personal finance. 
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