Students will learn skills like maintaining good credit, investing in the stock market, and preparing financially for life after high school.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is receiving a grant to help teach more Black and Hispanic students about financial literacy.
Michael Jordan teamed up with Next Gen Personal Finance, a California nonprofit, to help students learn skills like maintaining good credit, investing in the stock market, and preparing financially for life after high school.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the foundation for good money management.
“If your parents don’t know about this, they can’t pass it down to you,” Tori Mansfield, Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) senior program manager, said. “And if their parents didn’t know about it, they can’t pass it down to you, and so on, and so on.”
This is the case for millions of Black and Hispanic students in high school.
Financial literacy can impact things like knowing how to save for a house …