An Early Start on Financial Literacy Pays Off久久视频

Teaching about finance begins in kindergarten at Ariel Community Academy, a public K-8 school on the south side of Chicago, with the goal of helping students develop real-world decision-making skills that will guide them later in life.

April 11, 2012

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Ariel Community Academy

Public, Urban

Grades K-8

Chicago, IL

OUTCOMES

Since 2002, Ariel has consistently outperformed their district, Chicago Public Schools, on the percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards in math, reading, and science.

Since 2007, the school has outperformed the entire state of Illinois every year.

Among the school’s alumni, 97% have graduated from high school. 65% of those students have enrolled in two-or four-year colleges.