Live Stream: WGTE Town Hall: Financial Literacy for Students
Tonight at 8:00 p.m. on WGTE and Streaming Live on Knowledge Stream
"The depth of our financial ignorance is startling...and at a time when we're borrowing more than ever, most Americans can't explain what compound interest is." So wrote journalist James Surowiecki, whose column about business and finance appears each week in The New Yorker.
WGTE will address the issue of financial literacy for students in a live Town Hall, hosted by Bill Harris. Expert panelists will answer questions and give advice for parents and educators on the importance of teaching financial literacy to young people as well as how to do so effectively.
During the show, viewers will have the opportunity to call in with questions and also receive a packet of free information and resources. A new online game that teaches kids about money mangement, while they are having fun, will be unveiled during the broadcast.
The Town Hall will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by an episode of Biz Kids (aired on WGTE), the PBS series for kids that explores financial literacy skills such as goal setting, budgeting and money management.
What: Live, online streaming of WGTE Town Hall: Financial Literacy for Students
When: Thursday, April 21, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.
Where: http://www.knowledgestream.org
WGTE Public Media (The Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio) is a non-profit organization providing quality broadcasting and educational resources to Northwest and West Central Ohio and Southeast Michigan for 55 years. WGTE Public Media operates WGTE TV, Toledo; WGTE FM 91.3, Toledo; WGLE FM 90.7, Lima; WGBE FM 90.9, Bryan; WGDE FM 91.9, Defiance; wgte.org; The Educational Resource Center; and The Early Learning and Outreach Center.
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