Money, Money, Money

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Student debt is a toxic topic. Banks and financial institutions exploit young people’s ignorance of a byzantine tax code and interest rates. So what better way than to address the deb trap,and what better place than in school - along math, science and music?

In this podcast, I interviewed my colleague, Jessica Keaster who’s been teaching this subject for more than a decade. Her Junior High students become my students in the subsequent semester. It’s a solid foundation to build on when I discuss, say, SEO or digital citizenship — or those perennial hot topics such as privacy, and even the economics of cybersecurity.