New York, NY – Working in Support of Education (w!se) is pleased to announce it has received a generous grant from Con Edison’s Strategic Partnerships program to support Engineered Green Economics (EGE) at the w!se Institute for the 2016-2017 academic year. Read More
Working in Support of Education to Host 14th National MoneyPOWER Financial Literacy Conference in NYC
NEW YORK, N.Y. – On Tuesday, November 8, middle and high school educators will attend the 14th National MoneyPOWER Financial Literacy Conference at the Executive Conference Center in NYC. Read More
MOST AMERICANS WON’T BE FINANCIALLY SECURE IN RETIREMENT (AS REPORTED BY WWW.FREEMONEYFINANCE.COM)
Financial news and advice columns are riddled with statistics of all shapes and sizes. But sometimes it can be difficult to understand what those large, complex sets of numbers actually mean for people like you and me. A few years ago, the Social Security Administration tried to simplify things to show us just how dire… Read More
w!se to Compete for $100,000 Grand Prize in Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Challenge
New York, NY — Working in Support of Education (w!se) is one of a select group of nonprofit domestic violence organizations across the country competing for $650,000 in grant money as a part of The Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse Challenge, which kicked off today. Read More
START PLANNING FOR COLLEGE (AS REPORTED BY KATE ASHFORD ON WWW.FORBES.COM)
Some things in life cannot be planned for. That’s why smart savers keep a rainy day fund, to pay for those unexpected events that are likely to occur. College, however, is not an unexpected event. And yet when asked, only 2 in 5 families with kids in college said they made a plan for it… Read More
TRAVEL REWARDS CARDS (AS REPORTED BY CASEY BOND ON WWW.FORBES.COM)
Do you travel a lot for work or to see family in another part of the country? Or would you like to be able to afford to travel more? Most people would like to be able to travel more than they do. But the truth is, it’s expensive, and it can feel like a waste… Read More
INVESTING MYTHS BUSTED (AS REPORTED BY MIRANDA MARQUIT ON WWW.MONEYNING.COM)
Everyone starts out with no investing experience. And so a lack of familiarity with the process is not a good excuse for choosing not to invest or putting it off indefinitely. It’s not too complicated or too risky for you. We all have a duty to ourselves to save and invest for the future. So… Read More
AUTOMATE YOUR SAVINGS (AS REPORTED BY JULIA CHANG ON WWW.FORBES.COM)
Money is the leading cause of stress among American adults. We all think about money more than we would like to, which is why this new article from Forbes is so perfect. It offers four tips for individuals who want to save more and worry less about their financial future. At the top of the… Read More
LIQUIDITY: THE GOOD AND THE BAD (AS REPORTED BY CHARLES D. ELLIS ON BLOG.WEALTHFRONT.COM)
When you hear people talk about liquidity, they are talking cash or investments that can easily be turned into cash in the short term. Liquidity is important to the individual investor for a number of reasons, such as money available for an emergency or protection from a short term downturn in the stock market. But… Read More
COLLEGE ABACUS AND THE FIGHT FOR TRANSPARENCY (AS REPORTED BY RON LIEBER ON WWW.NYTIMES.COM)
There is a lot of talk about the cost of a college education in the buildup to this year’s presidential election. Tuition across the country is at an all time high, prompting Democrats to outline a plan for free tuition at public universities and community colleges. Ron Lieber, writing for the New York Times, brings… Read More