North Star Journey

Financial education in Minnesota schools could help reduce economic disparities

Students listen as a teacher speaks to them in class.
During a financial literacy class, teacher Greg Waugh asks for a show of hands of those who have started a savings account. Waugh hopes to help Woodbury high school students avoid the pitfalls of debt.
Judy Griesedieck for MPR News
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