Aaron Velky spearheaded a program to teach students math, but it involves dollars rather than division.
When seeking to assist students with math at a school in East Baltimore, Velky, who is cofounder of the nonprofit Ortus Academy, saw that lessons involving lectures and arithmetic weren’t getting through.
By switching the subject from math to money, however, he found that the message could resonate. Plus, it presented an opportunity teach financial literacy that could help kids prepare for their future and learn about money matters early on in life, whether or not they get a job requiring math skills.
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