Teachers Help Teens Become Financially Savvy

More than 130 teachers from Western New York high schools are now using a Web-based curriculum called MoneySKILL® to help their students develop personal finance skills, thanks to outreach efforts by the School of Management and M&T Bank.

This year’s total represents a dramatic increase from the 16 teachers in a pilot program two years ago.

“We are thrilled to see that participation has really skyrocketed this year,” says John M. Thomas, dean of the School of Management. “We are especially pleased that 71 percent of Buffalo public high schools now have a teacher registered to use MoneySKILL.”

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