Article Archive (Page 13)  

• September 10, 2019

  Saving for College

  Lower fees, more options = Big changes for our Florida 529 Savings Plan!

  We’ve made some big improvements to our Florida 529 Savings Plan, a savings and investment plan which allows you to save at your own pace for college and K-12 education expenses. (Hint: If you like lower fees and more flexibility, keep reading!) “Floridians now have access to a well-designed, low-cost…

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• August 20, 2019

  Lifelong Learning

  Celebrating the best teachers in Florida

  If you’re among the many parents who recently saw their children off for the first day of the new school year, you totally get how important teachers are. After all, for the next nine months, they’re with our children for eight hours a day – charged with growing their minds…

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• August 13, 2019

  Financial Literacy

  Get your kids excited to save with these printables

  We want our children to be advanced readers, so we start early and small, teaching them their ABCs. We want them to be good at math, so we start early and small, sneaking in simple lessons involving addition and subtraction into conversations about how many cookies they can have. So…

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• July 18, 2019

  Path to College

  What parents should know now about college applications

  Back-to-school season includes something a little extra — OK, a lot extra — for high school seniors. In addition to those final football games, tough Advanced Placement classes and after-school jobs, time-pressed and stressed teens have to craft topnotch college applications this fall. How can parents help, and how much…

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• July 16, 2019

  Path to College

  Customer 101: Attending College Out-of-State

  Is your student interested in attending college outside of Florida? Although we wish your student would stay in the sunshine state, rest assured that both your Prepaid Plan and your Savings Plan travel well! Prepaid Plan benefits can be used at any qualified educational institution nationwide, public or private –…

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• July 8, 2019

  Lifelong Learning

  Gender gap in college savings? Studies say it exists

  It’s hard to believe this is still the case in 2019, but studies confirm that parents are saving more for their sons than for their daughters for higher education. A Wall Street Journal article examined the results of two financial-industry polls conducted in 2017. According to the article, one study…

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• July 8, 2019

  Path to College

  Preparing for Back to School? Five tips for parents

  As we hit the halfway point of summer break and thoughts turn to “back to school,” how are your kids feeling about that? True excitement is pretty rare (and if so, lucky you!). But mixed emotions are a happy medium: Kids may dislike their free time ending and homework returning,…

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• June 14, 2019

  Lifelong Learning

  Need some parenting encouragement? Read this.

  Why are we so hard on ourselves as parents? Perhaps it’s because we sense the sheer enormity of raising a human being from infancy to adulthood. We feel like our children arrive to us like lumps of clay, and it’s up to us to sculpt the next masterpiece. We look…

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• May 28, 2019

  Financial Literacy

  May 29 is 529 Day: Do you know what that means?

  Do you know what a 529 is? If you do, you’re ahead of most Americans, according to a recent study by the College Savings Plans Network. One-third of Americans have heard of 529 college savings plans — but only one in five actually know what the plans are for. We…

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• April 30, 2019

  Saving for College

  Five often overlooked reasons to buy Florida Prepaid!

  Open enrollment ends on April 30, and if you’re reading this you must still be on the fence. Maybe these five considerations will tip you in the right direction! More than 1 million Prepaid Plans have been sold in 30 years. It’s guaranteed by the state of Florida. We’re big…

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