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Mary Beth Henning, Center of Economic Education co-director, holds up a children’s book called Isabel’s Car Wash and discusses ways to introduce children to finance and the concept of saving, working and entrepreneurship Monday at the Community Coordinated Child Care Building, 155 N. Third St.

1,200 participate in events during Money Smart Week

By Shikha Duttyal | April 13, 2014

Workshops on fiscal management taught students and locals to manage money during Money Smart Week.The DeKalb County Cash Coalition, led by NIU’s Financial Literacy Collaborative, Kishwaukee United Way and Econ Illinois, partnered to bring the Federal...

Children taught financial literacy

Children taught financial literacy

By Lark Lewis | April 8, 2014

From interactive websites to nonfiction stories of entrepreneurship, the Center for Economic Education presented ways to introduce students to the world of personal finance Monday.The center gave administrators resources to teach their students financial...