Dallas Students Learn To Manage Money At Financial Leadership Conference

Experts say that less than 30% of young adults understand financial basics, like interest rates and inflation.

By Stella M. ChavezFebruary 27, 2020 9:42 amBusiness & Your Money, Education, KERA, Partner Organizations, Texas Newsroom

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Eleazar Avalos, a Fidelity analyst and graduate of Dallas' Thomas Jefferson High School, teaches the class about saving money.

From KERA:

Young people want to spend money on cool gadgets and clothes, but many of them don’t know how to save up for that. Some Dallas high school students are learning how to manage their money through a leadership conference hosted by Fidelity Investments. The school hopes the students will be able to influence their peers’ financial knowledge.

At Thomas Jefferson High School, 120 students participated in the school’s fourth year of the conference at the company’s Westlake campus.

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