For A Bright Future基金会把金融素养实验室铺进Manhattan高中学区：首批8所高中今秋启动，长期目标覆盖全部50所
非营利组织 Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For A Bright Future（简称 FABF）10 月 26 日宣布，旗下 NextGen Finance Lab（下一代金融实验室）项目将扩展至纽约市 Manhattan 高中学区：今秋先在首批 8 所高中启动，其后按学期分批推进，长期目标是覆盖该学区全部 50 所公立高中。项目与 Manhattan 高中学区团队合作推行，由学区总监 Gary Beidleman 督导。
首批 8 所学校已经确认：Leadership and Public Service High School、Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School、High School for Law and Public Service、Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers、High School of Fashion Industries、Hudson High School of Learning Technologies、Mott Hall High School 与 Food and Finance High School。
这一项目此前已在 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School 试点。该校校长 Manuel A. Ureña 说，试点学生参加完 Pitch Like A Dragon 路演活动后「比我见过的任何其他项目都更自信、更善于表达，也更懂得管理自己的财务未来」，由该校师生共同打磨出的模式如今推广到整个 Manhattan，他为此感到自豪。
NextGen Finance Lab 是一个项目制金融素养课程，把 Dave Ramsey 金融素养课程与 FABF 的金融科技导师网络结合：学生系统学习预算、储蓄、消除债务、投资与创业，并直接向金融科技行业从业者取经，了解银行、数字钱包、投资与金融科技职业路径。课程以 Pitch Like A Dragon 收官——学生团队向行业领袖、风险投资人与纽约商界人士组成的评审团路演原创商业与金融科技构想，优胜团队获得奖学金。
FABF 运营与项目高级副总裁 Gina Rogoto 说，这次扩展证明了非营利组织、学区与行业伙伴目标一致时能做成什么；一切都始于 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School 的试点，如今这一模式成为 Manhattan 数千名学生的长久通道。项目主席 Benson Porter 说，他在金融服务业干了一辈子，深知年轻人早接触这些概念有多重要——项目不只教学生认识钱，还给他们路演真实想法、接受反馈、像创业者一样思考的自信。
FABF 是一家 501(c)(3) 非营利组织，致力于为弱势青少年扩展教育机会，旗下还有 NextGen Media Creators Lab、按成绩与需求评定的奖学金及青年领导力项目，在全美与学校、学区和行业伙伴合作开展。
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For A Bright Future Foundation Takes Its NextGen Finance Lab District-Wide in Manhattan: First Cohort of 8 High Schools Starts This Fall, With All 50 as the Long-Term Goal
Louis Hernandez Jr.'s Foundation For A Bright Future (FABF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, announced on October 26 that its NextGen Finance Lab program will expand district-wide across Manhattan's high school district in New York City: a first cohort of 8 high schools launches this fall, with further schools added in phased cohorts in the semesters that follow and a long-term goal of reaching all 50 public high schools in the Manhattan district. The rollout is in partnership with the Manhattan High School District Team, under the supervision of Superintendent Gary Beidleman.
The confirmed first cohort is Leadership and Public Service High School, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School, High School for Law and Public Service, Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, High School of Fashion Industries, Hudson High School of Learning Technologies, Mott Hall High School and Food and Finance High School.
The program was piloted at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School. Its principal, Manuel A. Ureña, said students left the Pitch Like A Dragon event 'more confident, more articulate, and more prepared to manage their own financial futures than I've seen from any other initiative we've run,' and that he is proud the model his students and teachers helped build is now reaching classrooms across Manhattan.
The NextGen Finance Lab is a project-based financial literacy program that integrates the Dave Ramsey Financial Literacy curriculum with FABF's FinTech mentorship ecosystem. Students build skills in budgeting, saving, debt elimination, investing and entrepreneurship while working directly with FinTech professionals on banking, digital wallets, investing and career pathways. It culminates in Pitch Like A Dragon, a school- and district-level competition in which student teams pitch original business and FinTech concepts to industry leaders, venture capitalists and New York City business professionals, with scholarship awards for top teams.
Gina Rogoto, FABF's SVP of Operations and Programs, said the expansion is proof of what is possible when a nonprofit, a school district and industry partners commit to the same goal, and that the model shaped at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis now serves as a lasting foundation for advancing financial literacy for thousands of students across Manhattan. Program Chairman Benson Porter said a career in financial services taught him how much difference early exposure makes: the program gives students the confidence to pitch real ideas, take feedback and think like entrepreneurs.
FABF empowers underserved youth with access to education, technology, financial capability and wellness, and also runs the NextGen Media Creators Lab, merit- and need-based scholarships and youth leadership programs nationwide.
Source: GSM · USA
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