The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) offers the award-winning High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP), a free and flexible curriculum that has been proven to change students’ knowledge, actions and self-confidence about managing their money.
Money & Me is a hands-on experience that teaches teenagers the basics of money and how to make it work for them. The program covers budgeting, credit advantages and pitfalls, savings and checking accounts, how to save for a big purchase and investing for the future.
The brass|Student Program provides high schools with access to brass|Magazine, a personal finance publication written by young adults that delivers relevant content for classroom discussions and activities. The program also includes online resource centers for teachers and students, and the Credit Unions for College scholarship database.

LifeSmarts…the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a game show style competition for teenagers designed to better prepare them as responsible consumers in today’s dynamic marketplace. Questions cover personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, health and safety, technology and the environment.

Biz Kid$ is a fun, 30-minute PBS television series for kids about making and managing money. It highlights young entrepreneurs who have turned hobbies into successful businesses, raised funds for good causes and much more.

The Kid’s Cash Kit & Caboodle includes practical, hands-on tools to teach children and their families the basics of money management using the concepts of saving, spending and sharing.

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New York PBS Television Schedule

All 2008 dates and times listed are subject to change and preemption. Check with your local cable provider for schedule confirmation.

bizkid$WMHT - Albany, NY 

  • Fridays, 5:30 p.m.
  • Sundays, 8:00 p.m., on digital "Think Bright" channel

WSKG - Binghamton, NY     

  • Fridays, 5:30 p.m.                             
  • Sundays, 8:00 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel

WNED - Buffalo, NY 

  • Sundays, 8:00 p.m.
  • Fridays 5:30 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel

WNET - New York, NY       

  • Fridays at 5:30 p.m. on digital “Kids Thirteen” channel   
  • Sundays, 5:00 p.m. on HD channel

WCFE - Plattsburgh, NY       (Mountain Lake PBS)

  • Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.                             
  • Sundays, 8:00 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel

WXXI - Rochester, NY        

  • Fridays, 5:30 p.m. and Sundays, 10:00 a.m.          
  • Fridays, 5:30 p.m. and Sundays, 8:00 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel                                   
  • Sundays, 5 p.m. on HD channel

WCNY - Syracuse, NY         

    • Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.         
    • Fridays & Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on cable channel WCNY2                           
    • Sundays, 8:00 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel

WPBS/WNPI - Watertown, NY       

Sundays, 8:00 p.m. on digital "Think Bright" channel

 

 

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