Episode 373: Real Financial Curriculum in Schools with Vince Shorb

Not Your Average Financial Podcast™

In this episode, we ask:

• Did you receive any practical financial education in school?
• Would you like to see financial education in schools?
• Who is Vince Shorb?
• How about lizards?
• What about the entrepreneurial spark?
• Is there a financial illiteracy epidemic?
• What’s Vince’s story?
• How has education changed and stayed the same over the last 100 years?
• How much time do teachers spend on practical, personal finance?
• What outcomes would benefit high school students?
• What about reform?
• What principles would Vince teach if he were Pope of Education?
• What are the financial literacy needs for kids in elementary school?
• What about shaping positive behaviors?
• At what age do financial habits develop?
• What do 7 to 9-year-olds need to learn?
• What are some sustainable and practical habits around saving and spending?
• What are some considerations for high school students?
• What about project based activities?
• How does one prepare to select and pay for a rental home and pay bills?
• What about college-level students?
• What about the risk of college debt?
• How do kids learn about money?
• What about kids earning money for chores?
• How might kids learn about bills, loans and savings?
• What can kids manage?
• Have you or your kids read the book, the Richest Boy in Athens?
• Have you played the game Cash Flow for Kids?
• Have you played the game Payday?
• Have you seen or read the Tuttle Twins books?
• How might kids start their own business?
• How about encouraging kids to participate in the Children’s Entrepreneur Market?
• How might one move forward after a financial literacy deficit in school?
• What about resilience after mistakes have stacked up?
• What about income?
• What about expenses?
• What about savings?
• Do you need to earn more?
• Do you need to save more?
• Why is consistency the key?
• What myths need to be busted?
• What happens when kids apply practical knowledge?
• Would you like to connect with Vince Shorb on LinkedIn?
• Would you like to see the financial curriculum?
• What about growing and scaling financial literacy in your community?
• What are the takeaways?
• What are the action steps?

Vince Shorb is one of the country’s leading advocates for promoting financial wellness and a thought leader in teaching and scaling financial education programming.After spending 15 years in financial services working one-on-one with more than 20,000 people, he founded the National Financial Educators Council – an organization dedicated to combating the financial illiteracy epidemic. He is the current CEO of the NFEC, an IACET Accredited company and a Certified B Corporation.