PLAY: Parsing your salary
Students cut out an income statement to visualize how paycheck deductions reduce gross pay to net pay.
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PLAY: Insurance Risk Pooling
Students roll dice and pay tokens to discover how risk pooling works.
- Round 1: No health insurance – pay for everything out of pocket
- Round 2: Health insurance – pay a premium and reduce out-of-pocket costs
- Round 3: Students choose: do they want health insurance or not?
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Kathryn Dawson
Kathryn (she/her) is excited to join the NGPF team after 9 years of experience in education as a mentor, tutor, and special education teacher. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in policy analysis and management and received a master’s degree in education from Brooklyn College. Kathryn looks forward to bringing her passion for accessibility and educational justice to curriculum design at NGPF. In her free time, Kathryn enjoys tackling cooking projects, walking her dog around her Seattle neighborhood, or lounging in a hammock with a book.
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