Bubba, the Army buddy of Forrest Gump in the 1994 movie, loved all kinds of shrimp and could endlessly recite uses for the tasty crustacean. Charles Johnson III feels the same way about Kool-Aid. The Delta youngster is turning his affection for the fruity-flavored beverage powder into dollars by becoming a fixture at school, community [...] [...]
Selena Swartzfager, president of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MCEE), has been elected to the position of council representative on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE). Swartzfager’s position is a three-year term, which begins in January 2012. A graduate of Millsaps College and the University of Southern Mississippi, Swartzfager, [...] [...]
More than 1 in 3 Mississippians took out payday loans or other type high-cost, short-term loans in last five years Mississippi’s legislators faced with having to decide whether to renew a payday lending law in 2012 have a new factor to consider: More Mississippians than ever are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Unless conventional banks make short-term, low-dollar loans [...] [...]
Effort integrates financial education into classroom subjects Even the most forgiving of school teachers would be hard pressed to give current consumers more than a C-minus for knowledge of how to use financial services smartly. They have, after all, helped to create the biggest banking mess in several generations, essentially through signing on the dotted line for [...] [...]
Economic education group works with teachers, students After years of success and accomplishment at the helm of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education, Pam Smith is passing the president’s baton to Selena Swartzfager. Under Pam’s tenure, the programs at MCEE have risen to second best in the United States. The programs have touched 5600 teachers [...] [...]
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