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PAID POST: Inside the new financial literacy labs helping students build real-world money skills

by Branded Storytelling, CT Mirror
April 28, 2026

					<h1><span class="hide-for-newsletter">PAID POST:</span> Inside the new financial literacy labs helping students build real-world money skills</h1>
<p class="byline">by Branded Storytelling, CT Mirror <br />April 28, 2026</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.synchrony.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Synchrony</a>, a leading consumer financing company headquartered in Stamford, announced a $2 million commitment through its <a href="https://www.synchrony.com/about-us/corporate-citizenship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Empowering Financial Futures</a> philanthropic program to support K-12 public school teachers who teach personal finance classes. The company is making a sustained argument that personal finance requires more than a checkbox in a state curriculum. For the students walking into Stamford High School’s new Financial Literacy Lab, that has already become a reality.</p>
<p>Synchrony transformed a standard classroom into a Financial Literacy Lab in partnership with <a href="https://www.connecticut.financialscholars.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Connecticut Financial Scholars</a>. It is the first Lab to open, with nine more school labs set to follow nationwide. In the dedicated space, students will learn how to budget, plan for an emergency, build credit, and think critically about their financial futures.</p>

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Synchrony, a leading consumer financing company headquartered in Stamford, announced a $2 million commitment through its Empowering Financial Futures philanthropic program to support K-12 public school teachers who teach personal finance classes. The company is making a sustained argument that personal finance requires more than a checkbox in a state curriculum. For the students walking into Stamford High School’s new Financial Literacy Lab, that has already become a reality.

Synchrony transformed a standard classroom into a Financial Literacy Lab in partnership with Connecticut Financial Scholars. It is the first Lab to open, with nine more school labs set to follow nationwide. In the dedicated space, students will learn how to budget, plan for an emergency, build credit, and think critically about their financial futures.

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