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Innovative Educators


Each month, we honor an educator who has found new and exciting ways to help children and adults gain financial literacy skills. They’re our Innovative Educators, and they come from all over the country, teaching throughout the grade levels and beyond.

We share their experience here to provide educators and students with good ideas for teaching and learning about money. Hopefully, you’ll find something inspirational in these stories that you can use in your own work.

And if you know of or are an innovative educator yourself, please submit a nomination form. We’re eager to speak with individuals who have found creative ways to teach the fundamental lessons of finance.


2011 Innovative Educator

Michael Morrow December 2011
Innovative Educators: Michael Morrow
Smyrna High School
Smyrna, TN


In Michael Morrow's financial literacy classes at Smyrna High in Tennessee, he challenges his students to establish a savings account. The juniors and seniors also are tasked with developing "savings campaigns" to educate fellow students on campus. Read more.



Brian Page
Reading High School
Reading, Ohio
February, 2011

Robert Haley
Cleveland Hill High School
Cheektowaga, NY
March, 2011

Dennis Dice
NavPoint Institute for Financial Literacy Headquarters
Murietta, CA
April, 2011

Jessica Vang
Boys & Girl Clubs of Collin County, McKinney Branch
Allen, Texas
June 2011
Veronica Dangerfield
Brighter Beginnings Program
Oakland, CA
July 2011
Tonya Doughty
Jupiter Elementary
Palm Bay, FL
August 2011
Dora Walker
Liberators, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
September 2011
Johnny Payne
Lebanon High School
Lebanon, IN
October 2011
LeNora Weaver
McLain High School
Lakewood, CO
November 2011

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