It's our back to school special with Brian Page, educator at Reading High School in Reading, Ohio. It's becoming a rite of passage on the NGPF podcast with Brian making his third appearance to discuss his summer activities (he did some great advocacy work for us) and the new honors course he developed. He shares some of his favorite activities and how a new book has made him rethink how personal finance should be taught. Oh, and listen closely to hear how a cologne purchase brought happiness to his life.  Enjoy!

 

Details:

• 0:00~1:43 - Introduction
• 1:43~2:37 - Brian's summer activities (never a dull moment!)
• 2:37~5:23 - Advocating for personal finance education 
• 5:23~9:06 - Why personal finance is not yet to be a requirement (we are trying to change that!)
• 9:06~11:22 - Effective advocacy for financial education
• 11:22~12:45 - Other summer activities
• 12:48~15:18 - Special education and personal finance
• 15:18~20:53 - Spending money 
• 20:53~22:16 - Development of new year-long honor's course
• 22:16~28:14 - Books he recommends for his students
• 28:14~31:14 - The weekly blog that his students post on
• 31:14~31:32 - A word from our sponsor, Next Gen Personal Finance
• 31:32~42:22 - How the book, Financial Diaries, has changed his perspective on financial education
•  42:22~46:40 - His Financial Therapist activity
• 46:40~47:58 - Conclusion

Brian's Activities

• Weekly teen blog
• Lesson on a Financial Therapist
• Lesson on Income Volatility

Book Recommendations:

• Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
• Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much 
• Making College Count: A Real World Look at How to Succeed in and After College
• How to Be Rich
• The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty (he liked this one so much he sent me a copy!)
• Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Notable Quotes:

• "Book reports are easy to cheat on. If you have students do TED talks or panel discussions, they really have to know what's going on."
• "I don't start with the standards. I start with what I see is what the most relevant topic is for my students."

 

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