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Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer
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Paychecks, bills and reality: Teaching kids about money

A young boy depositing cash at a bank.
A boy counts cash while depositing money into his savings account. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how to help kids learn to manage money, before adulthood hits.
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MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about something that affects every one of us, but most of us were never formally taught — how to manage money.

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From left to right: Sara Dziuk, president and CEO of Junior Achievement North; Rengsona Yawa, a 9th grade student at Washington Technology High School in St. Paul; Kumar Balasubrahmanyan, the vice president of Innovation for Junior Achievement North; and Isaac Kreis, a 10th grade student at Washington Technology High School, pose for a portrait at Minnesota Public Radio headquarters in St. Paul on Monday.
Cari Dwyer

Guests: 

  • Kumar Balasubrahmanyan is the vice president of Innovation for Junior Achievement North.

  • Sara Dziuk is the president and CEO of Junior Achievement North.

  • Isaac Kreis is a 10th grade student at Washington Technology High School in St. Paul.

  • Rengsona Yawa is a 9th grade student at Washington Technology High School in St. Paul.

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