The Rauner Family Foundation announced a new initiative to bring critical financial literacy education to high school students across Illinois. The Foundation has partnered with EverFi, Inc., the nation’s leading education technology company, to bring an interactive, web-based financial management program to all public high school students across Illinois at no cost to the schools or taxpayers.
Powered by EverFi technology, The Rauner Family Foundation Financial Scholars Program launched December 12 at Metea Valley High School. More than 100 high schools are already using the platform, including the high schools in Indian Prairie School District 204, where several hundred students are using the learning technology in their twelfth grade Consumer Economics course. School districts in Illinois are aligning the platform to the state’s Consumer Education mandate and other core subjects.
“Financial literacy is a critical life skill,” said Bruce Rauner. “Concepts of savings, credit, investment, interest rates, and mortgages surround us all every day in every way. Illinois students must be armed with that essential knowledge to empower them to make wise financial decisions in their lives. We are thrilled and honored to be able to help our students, schools, and communities in this way.”
The web-based learning platform uses the latest in new media technologies – video, animations, 3-D gaming, avatars, and social networking – to bring complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation. Through the EverFi platform, students will become certified in over 600 topics in financial education, allowing them to become more informed, responsible citizens.
Indian Prairie School District 204's Superintendent Kathy Birkett said students will benefit greatly from this program. "It's exciting to see such an innovative approach to teaching financial literacy. Our students will be better equipped to manage their own personal finances as a result."
The 10-unit course offers six hours of programming aimed at teaching, assessing and certifying students in a variety of financial topics including credit scores, insurance, credit cards, student loans, mortgages, taxes, stocks, savings, 401k’s and other critical concepts that map to national financial literacy standards. The learning platform tracks knowledge gain as well as students’ attitudes and behaviors on these important issues. The platform uniquely tracks the progress and score of every student and provides students who successfully complete the course with Certification in Financial Literacy, a valuable mark of distinction on college applications and resumes.
About The Rauner Family Foundation
The Rauner Family Foundation supports initiatives that advance public education, early childhood programs, conservation and quality healthcare for all citizens.
About EverFi
EverFi, Inc. is the leading education technology company focused on teaching, assessing, and certifying K-12 and college students in the critical skills they need for life. The company teams with major corporations and foundations to provide the programs at no cost to K-12 schools. Some of America’s leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EverFi investors including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Twitter founder Evan Williams, Rethink Education, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA), and Tomorrow Ventures (the investment arm of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt). Learn more at www.everfi.com
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Powered by EverFi technology, The Rauner Family Foundation Financial Scholars Program launched December 12 at Metea Valley High School. More than 100 high schools are already using the platform, including the high schools in Indian Prairie School District 204, where several hundred students are using the learning technology in their twelfth grade Consumer Economics course. School districts in Illinois are aligning the platform to the state’s Consumer Education mandate and other core subjects.
“Financial literacy is a critical life skill,” said Bruce Rauner. “Concepts of savings, credit, investment, interest rates, and mortgages surround us all every day in every way. Illinois students must be armed with that essential knowledge to empower them to make wise financial decisions in their lives. We are thrilled and honored to be able to help our students, schools, and communities in this way.”
The web-based learning platform uses the latest in new media technologies – video, animations, 3-D gaming, avatars, and social networking – to bring complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation. Through the EverFi platform, students will become certified in over 600 topics in financial education, allowing them to become more informed, responsible citizens.
Indian Prairie School District 204's Superintendent Kathy Birkett said students will benefit greatly from this program. "It's exciting to see such an innovative approach to teaching financial literacy. Our students will be better equipped to manage their own personal finances as a result."
The 10-unit course offers six hours of programming aimed at teaching, assessing and certifying students in a variety of financial topics including credit scores, insurance, credit cards, student loans, mortgages, taxes, stocks, savings, 401k’s and other critical concepts that map to national financial literacy standards. The learning platform tracks knowledge gain as well as students’ attitudes and behaviors on these important issues. The platform uniquely tracks the progress and score of every student and provides students who successfully complete the course with Certification in Financial Literacy, a valuable mark of distinction on college applications and resumes.
About The Rauner Family Foundation
The Rauner Family Foundation supports initiatives that advance public education, early childhood programs, conservation and quality healthcare for all citizens.
About EverFi
EverFi, Inc. is the leading education technology company focused on teaching, assessing, and certifying K-12 and college students in the critical skills they need for life. The company teams with major corporations and foundations to provide the programs at no cost to K-12 schools. Some of America’s leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EverFi investors including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Twitter founder Evan Williams, Rethink Education, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA), and Tomorrow Ventures (the investment arm of Google Chairman Eric Schmidt). Learn more at www.everfi.com