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Innovative Math Program Being Pilot Tested in CPS
CINCINNATI, OHIO  06.03.2004

This spring approximately 750 fourth, fifth and sixth grade Cincinnati Public School students pilot tested the Junior Investor™ Program. The program tackles mathematics and financial literacy education – issues that are both of critical national importance. Students are given a fun, real world context for doing math exercises by having them track a simulated personal investment in the stock market over a 10-week period.

This pilot test brought local companies, schools and a university together to help students not only receive a better academic education, but also to help them to understand the long term benefits of saving and investing.

The University of Cincinnati, Economic Center for Education and Research. is the in-school program partner. They provide teacher training and curriculum development guidance. Funds for the pilot were provided by The Federated Foundation. Newspapers were distributed by Newspapers In Education so students could look up the Dow and Nasdaq numbers.

Pat Sand of St. John's said, "My kids really look forward to doing Junior Investor. They picked up their booklets immediately, took out their calculators and got to work. I had three kids volunteer today who normally don't do that. I really think that this is how we should be teaching math!"

Schools interested in using the Junior Investor Program this fall can sign up at http://www.junior-investor.com.

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