MIAMI – On a typical Friday at Kingdom Academy, nine- and 10-year-old entrepreneurs would be chasing profits — for a cause. Randon Perry would be on the mic, hyping up crowds that gathered around The Stars, a performing-arts enterprise. The boys behind The Beast would offer sports lessons for a fee. The social media-savvy #Sweets[Read More…]
Tag: financial literacy
Could online course access help Florida make way for the ‘money course?’
A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is back again with a proposal that has some influential supporters. They want every student who graduates high school to complete a course in financial literacy. A similar measure failed to pass last legislative session. To fare better this year it needs to overcome a[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Budgets, campaigns, discipline and more
Budgets. Miami-Dade’s superintendent plans to lower tax rates while boosting spending. Miami Herald. The Pasco school board trims a list of staff additions. Gradebook. Campaigns. A liberal Democratic caucus questions Charlie Crist’s education record, including his positions on school choice, and promotes Nan Rich, his Democratic gubernatorial primary opponent. Tampa[Read More…]