Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Education Secretary ArneDuncan and Senior Adviser to President Obama Valerie Jarrettpraised the efforts of the student-run credit union at StonewallJackson High School for fostering financial literacy.
In an op-ed on The Huffington Post, www.huffingtonpost.com, theypraised teacher Terri Carson as an "important model," for whatother schools should do.
They noted that Carson helps students run the branch of theApple Federal Credit Union in the high school in Manassas, Va. highschool and that 100 of her students took the National FinancialCapability Challenge, an educational program and assessmentexamination. Over half of Carson's students scored in the top 20%nationally and 17 had perfect scores.
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