What does Sequestration mean for Education?

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in Just for Teachers

In my previous post, I talked about exactly what the “sequestration monster” was and a little history of how it came to be.  Since the March 1, 2013 deadline for the sequestration to begin has come and gone, I thought that it will be eye-opening to see just how this “monster” will impact education. There [...]

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What’s all this about Sequestration?

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in General,Your Money

If you listen to the radio, watch television or get your news online, you have undoubtedly heard of the spending cuts and sequestration.  Before I get into the specifics of what and is not true with the spending cuts, here is a little history of how it came to be. The issue began with discussions [...]

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Collecting for a Baby or Wedding Shower the Easy Way

The other day, I ran across a solution to a problem that I am sure that you have encountered at some point – the collection of money for baby or wedding showers and the like.  It seems pretty straight forward – you buy a gift and everyone pays you their portion. But in practice, it [...]

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4 Essential Personal Finance Concepts – Diversification

This is the fourth, and last post about essential personal finance concepts.  The four concepts are: the power of compounding, opportunity cost, risk and reward and diversification. Just like risk and reward and opportunity cost, diversification can be both monetarily and non-monetary.  A quote that you might have heard that sums it up very well is “don’t [...]

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4 Essential Personal Finance Concepts – Risk and Reward

This is the third post about essential personal finance concepts.  The four concepts are: the power or compounding, opportunity cost, risk vs. return and diversification. Quite simply, risk and reward states that the more risk that there is, the greater the reward.  And on the other side of the coin, the less risk there is, the [...]

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4 Essential Personal Finance Concepts – Opportunity Cost

This is the second post about essential personal finance concepts.  The four concepts are: the power or compounding, opportunity cost, risk vs. return and diversification. This post will deal with the concept of opportunity cost.  This is an easy one that you do all of the time and don’t realize it.  The formal definition(s) of Opportunity [...]

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A Trillion Dollar Coin!

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What if you could take out the old Monopoly game from your closet and grab $100,000 or so of Monopoly money and pay-off your house, cars and all of your bills? I am sure that several of us have thought about it from time to time. I know that this sounds strange, but a similar [...]

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4 Essential Personal Finance Concepts – Compounding

There are many, many financial terms that you should be familiar with. Whether you studied and learned them or just came across them in your day-to-day activities, they are pretty standard among most of us.  Mortgage, stocks, interest rate, credit, foreclosure, etc. However there are some essential personal finance concepts that you should know also. [...]

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What Does the Fiscal Cliff Mean for Education?

If you have been listening to the news lately, you can’t help but know about the so-called “fiscal cliff” . This cliff is actually due to the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 which will go in to effect at midnight on December 31 of this year.  The Budget Control Act was drafted in [...]

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A Very Sad Day . . .

I had  no idea what horror was going to unfold when I first saw the headline about the school shooting in Connecticut.  As the day went on it got worse and worse.  My thoughts and prayers go out to all      of the families, friends and loved ones who were caught-up in this tragedy. As the [...]

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