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Financial literacy is not typically included in elementary curriculum guidelines, but NBC financial editor Jean Chatzky is challenging that precedent with her new money magazine for kids, called Your $. The publication will be distributed monthly to around 2 million students nationwide, and is sponsored by the PwC Charitable Foundationโ€™s Earn Your Future program, an initiative set to spend $160 million over the next five years on imparting financial skills to students. (Theย New York Times)ย ย 

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Christine Ayala was a Texas Tribune fellow, focusing on reporting and newsletter production, in 2014 and 2015. Before joining the Tribune, Christine interned for the Austin American-Statesman features...