From fast food to savings accounts, $50 weekly payments shift students’ thinking

From fast food to savings accounts, $50 weekly payments shift students’ thinking

Students at the Rooted School in Indianapolis show off the debit cards (with card numbers covered) that hold the $50 a week guaranteed income the school and researchers are giving them to teach financial literacy. Editor’s note: This story , created by Patrick O’Donnell, was produced by The 74 , a nonprofit news site covering K-12 education. Louisiana Inspired features solutions journalism stories that provide tangible evidence that positive change is happening in other places and in our own communities — solutions that can be adopted around the world.

The first few weeks Caleb Lee was given $50 as part […]

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