Media Contact: Samantha Spina | 212-421-2700 | sspina@wise-ny.org New York, NY – Working in Support of Education (W!se) is pleased to announce it has received a generous grant from the Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation to support the Quality of Life INNOVATIONS (QLI) Program. QLI invites high school students to become social entrepreneurs by using… Read More
“100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance Rankings Announced”
New York, NY – April 28, 2023 Working in Support of Education (W!se), a national nonprofit, announced the 2023 “100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance” during a ceremony sponsored by Voya Financial®. This year’s first-place school is Academies of West Memphis in West Memphis, Arkansas. Richmond Community High School from Virginia, High School… Read More
5th Annual EGE Sustainability and the Next Generation Workforce Conference
5th Annual EGE Sustainability and the Next Generation Workforce Conference March 7, 2023 Sponsored by Con Edison, Deutsche Bank, and UFT The W!se Institute’s Engineered Green Economics (EGE “edge”) conference works to advance sustainability education, address the concerns of young people today and help cultivate the next generation of workers. The 2023 Conference will focus… Read More
T. Rowe Price Foundation Supports Working in Support of Education (W!se)
Media Contact: Samantha Spina | 212-421-2700 | sspina@wise-ny.org New York, NY – Working in Support of Education (W!se) is pleased to announce it has received a generous grant from T. Rowe Price Foundation to support its educational programs. W!se’s mission is to improve economic mobility through financial literacy & college and career readiness. Among the… Read More
“Diminishing Stigma of LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health” Places First at QLI Awards
NEW YORK, N.Y.– On Tuesday, June 7, Working in Support of Education (W!se) held the 27th Annual Quality of Life INNOVATIONS (QLI) Awards Ceremony at PwC on Madison Ave, New York City. High school students from the five boroughs participated in developing innovative solutions to quality of life issues in their communities with eight teams… Read More
TENTH ANNIVERSARY: 100 BEST W!SE HIGH SCHOOLS TEACHING PERSONAL FINANCE
New York, NY – April 26, 2022 Working in Support of Education (W!se), a national nonprofit, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its ranking, the “100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance” during a virtual ceremony sponsored by Voya Financial®. The first place distinction was given to Academies of West Memphis in West Memphis, Arkansas…. Read More
W!se Launches Financial Literacy App!
Dear Friends, I am thrilled to announce the launch of the W!se Financially Literacy app to enhance our Financial Literacy Certification program! This newly developed resource is a cloud-based mobile app with an updated database of practice test questions that enables students from schools participating in the Certification program to take practice tests and quizzes… Read More
Financial Literacy Ambassador Awards Announced
Financial Literacy Ambassador Awards Announced New York, NY – August 25, 2021 Working in Support of Education (W!se), a national educational nonprofit, announced the five 2021 Financial Literacy Ambassadors today during a virtual ceremony. High school students who passed the Wise Financial Literacy Certification Test with a score of 95% or better and interested in… Read More
9th Annual 100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance Rankings Announced
New York, NY – April 22, 2021 Working in Support of Education (W!se), a national educational nonprofit, announced the 2021 ranking of its“100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance” today during a virtual ceremony sponsored by Voya Financial®. The High School for Math, Science, and Engineering in New York City earned first place. Hurley… Read More
Sustainability Education – An Investment in the Future
A core focus of Working in Support of Education (W!se), a non-profit organization, is to help high schools prepare students for college and the workplace. Given environmental, economic and social challenges facing many countries, readiness for the future means having a foundational knowledge of sustainability. During these difficult times, we search for clues about what… Read More