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To describe the home literacy environment and to identify financial, human, and social capital variables associated with the presence or lack of Child Centered Literacy Orientation (CCLO) in families with young children who regularly attend pediatric primary care clinics. Could be helpful for those studying literacy and family, especially among single-parent families.

The article suggests planning financial literacy programs for students. Furthermore, the author shares with the reader that that there are laws in Oklahoma, Colorado, and other states requiring high school students to show financial literacy in order to graduate. In addition the article shares that Capital One has created branch banks operated by students at several schools as well as the National Endowment for financial education has created a personal finance curriculum that can be integrated into regular school curriculum. Research suggests that personal finance courses have not improved student financial literacy. Lewis Mandell suggest that students should be taught about finance and savings at an earlier age than high school.

This article talks about how the republican capistalists have destroyed the public school systems. It discusses how the No child left behind Act has been very detrimental for the public school systems. The article goes on to discuss how the republicans also do no give the impoverished schools enough money, yet expect the same from them. This article would be helpful if you are researching the No child left behind act or the effects of it on public school systems.