Money Talks
An Educator's Guide to Teaching Financial Empowerment
Money Talks is for anyone who wants to improve their own relationship with money and help others do the same. Whether you're a teacher, parent, school leader, community leader, or business professional, you'll find practical strategies for making financial conversations more engaging, approachable, and impactful.
Drawing on 20 years of experience as a school leader and financial educator, Diana Isern shares practical tools, real-world stories, and actionable strategies for exploring topics such as money mindset, saving, investing, credit, entrepreneurship, and digital assets.
Grounded in the RICH framework, Money Talks helps readers strengthen their own financial knowledge while empowering young people, families, students, and communities to build confidence and create lasting financial well-being.
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The RICH Framework
Four practices that shift financial education from what students lack to what they already carry.
Representation. Learners see themselves, their families, and their communities in the money conversation.
Inquiry. Questions come before answers. Educators start with what students already know and have already decided about money.
Connection. Financial learning is built on relationships, culture, and the people students actually talk to about money.
Holistic Thinking. Money is never just math. It's family, history, values, and what a person is building toward.
Together, they give leaders a way to teach financial empowerment that honors where learners come from and prepares them for where they're going.
Diana Isern, M.Ed., AFC®, spent 20 years in NYC public schools as a school leader and financial educator. She is author of Money Talks: An Educator's Guide to Financial Empowerment (Beacon Press, August 2026). Connect below!
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