Dave Ramsey’s (national radio talk show host and best-selling author) Financial Peace for the Next Generation has rapidly grown to teach personal finance in more than 450 high schools and universities. More than 5000 students in 39 states and three countries have learned how to begin building wealth at an early age and how to avoid the pitfalls that lead to debt and even bankruptcy.
“After years of listening to parents tell me their financial woes on the radio it made sense to develop a program that would teach teenagers how to avoid their parent’s mistakes.” said Dave Ramsey, creator of the Next Generation program.
A study by Robert D. Manning says three out of five students with credit cards max them out during their freshman year of college and nearly three-fourths of students use their student loans to pay for their credit cards.
“Having taught Dave’s curriculum for the past three years, I am confident that it is impacting our students’ lives both now and in the future,” said Laura Townsend, teacher at Powell High School in Powell, Tenn. “We love his sense of humor, his passion, and expertise in finance. My students have also influenced their parents’ lives by sharing Financial Peace for the Next Generation with them.”
In addition to the recent growth of the nationwide participation of Financial Peace For The Next Generation, Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, the 13-part program taught on DVD by Dave Ramsey, is now available in a new home study version.
The program has helped more than 150,000 families positively change their financial future through classes held at churches, companies, military bases, financial literacy programs, Spanish speaking organizations and community groups. This life-changing home study kit teaches how to get out of debt and build wealth through common-sense principles and a step by step plan. As they work on a total money makeover, the average family pays off $5,300 in debt and saves $2,700 in the first 91 days after beginning Financial Peace University and is completely out of debt, except for the mortgage, in 18 to 24 months.
“We’ve actually relieved ourselves of over $50,000 worth of debt in two years just from using these principles,” said Russ Lee, former Financial Peace University participant.
The home study kit includes all 13 lessons on DVD, the corresponding workbook, the lessons on audio CD, budgeting forms, an envelope system, debit card holders and a copy of Ramsey’s best selling book, Financial Peace Revisited.
Dave Ramsey began teaching Financial Peace University classes in 1994 in the Nashville, Tennessee area. In 1997, Financial Peace University was made available nationwide through a class setting, with thousands of students learning the program via video lessons. Now the materials have been made available for home study, and are available at www.daveramsey.com.
Be sure to watch CBS’ “The Early Show” Tuesday morning, May 17 when Dave Ramsey talks about Marriage and Money. Check your local listings for the time in your area.
About Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert, an extremely popular national radio personality and best-selling author of The Total Money Makeover. In his latest book, a follow-up to his enormously successful New York Times best-sellers Financial Peace and More Than Enough, Ramsey exemplifies his life’s work of teaching others how to be financially responsible, so they can acquire enough wealth to take care of loved ones, live prosperously into old age, and give generously to others.
Ramsey knows first-hand what financial peace means in his own life – living a true riches to rags to riches story. By age twenty-six he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and now devotes himself full-time to helping ordinary people understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right – financially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Ramsey offers life-changing financial advice as host of a nationally syndicated radio program, “The Dave Ramsey Show,” which is heard by more than 2 million listeners each week, on more than 200 radio stations throughout the United States. Ramsey is also the creator of Financial Peace University (FPU), a thirteen-week program that helps people dump their debt, get control of their money, and learn new behaviors around money that are founded on commitment and accountability. A frequent speaker around the country at large-scale live events, Ramsey is a passionate and inspiring presenter. More than 300,000 people have attended Ramsey’s LIVE events.
Ramsey’s most recent work, currently available, is the The Money Answer Book, published by J. Countryman. This quick and simple, question and answer book is the perfect resource for equipping individuals with key information about everyday money matters. Questions and answers deal with 100+ of the most-asked questions from The Dave Ramsey Show—everything from budget planning to retirement planning or personal buying matters, to saving for college and charitable giving. This is Dave in his most popular format—ask a specific question, get a specific answer.
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