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Building Financial Literacy and Resilience in K-12 Classrooms: Strategies for Teachers Beyond Math with Andrea Ferrero of Pockets Change

Did you know financial literacy can boost emotional well-being and resilience? Empower your students with tools for life, no matter what subject you teach!

Money can be a source of joy or stress, and our finances are deeply tied to our emotional and physical well-being. Yet, personal finance is often overlooked in schools.

In this episode of The Balanced Educator Podcast, we welcome Andrea Ferrero from Pockets of Change to explore how teaching financial literacy fosters resilience and supports overall student well-being.

Andrea shares creative ways to incorporate financial literacy into any subject—not just math!—and offers strategies to help students build lifelong financial skills.

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