Kid Entrepreneur has web design business in his home.

Maryland high school senior and entrepreneur, Keenen Geter talks about his web design business. For more on youth entrepreneurs, watch Biz Kid$ (http://www.bizkids.com) a public TV series where kids teach kids about entrepreneurship.  Or visit the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

These Kids Mean Business: A PBS Documentary about Kids and Entrepreneurship

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page looks at the role of entrepreneurship education as a way to help change the lives of at-risk youth. Check out this preview for the 60-minute PBS special:  These Kids Mean Business.
I love his statement “The old thinking figured kids were too young to learn about entrepreneurship. [...]

Crystal O’Connor Interviews Angela Maiers with Maiers Education Services

Turn a Spender into an Investor

By: Joann Kuster Seymour
Author, Financial Educator
Spending—rather than saving money—is a habit, especially for teens. According to surveys by Teenage Research Unlimited, the average teen has more than $104 a week to spend—five times more than their parents had.
Yet, today’s teens are less savvy about money, and most haven’t learned what to [...]

How are Millionaires Made? by Joann Seymour Kuster

Joann Seymour Kuster
Author, Financial Educator
Much of a young person’s paycheck withers away, because most haven’t learned to pay themselves first. Saving and investing is not a habit yet. But it can become one. Learn to pay yourself as much as you can –invest and grow a nest egg for later.
You don’t [...]

Why Teach Kids to Invest in the Stock Market?

By: Joanne Seymour Kuster
Dynaminds Publishing

Teens—like most of us—practice spending well. Having “stuff” is cool. Sadly, national surveys show that few teens know what to do with a dollar if it’s NOT spent. So, will these youth be financial failures?

Statistics do paint a bleak picture:
• College students average $2,169 in monthly credit [...]

Reading WITHOUT Meaning – The Conversation Continues

Reading WITHOUT Meaning – The Conversation Continues
By: Angela Maiers

One of the things that I love most about the blogosphere is that the conversation never ends.  We deepen understanding when we revisit and reflect on our words and they way in which they are heard by another.  It is exciting to [...]

Crystal O’Connor interviews Angela Maiers with Maiers Education Services

Finding the Rich Woman in You with Kim Kiyosaki and Kim Snider

Passion..a Difference Maker

Passion is the most critical, creative and disruptive force in teaching and learning.

Close your eyes for just a few minutes and recall your favorite teacher of all time – anyone from kindergarten to graduate school. Now, consider what brought that individual to mind. What about that person made a difference [...]