Over the past few decades, thousands of school districts have dumped personal-finance classes in favor of AP Calculus, Ancient Greek and Literary Journalism (all taught at my high school). Administrators have long believed students needed to take the weightiest course loads possible in order to get into the best colleges–real-life concerns be damned. Full Story »
Posted by kaizar campwala7
The title asks a question and the story doesn't answer it. Information is provided about proposed changes in several states to add financial education classes, but no data is provided to indicate how effective these classes have been in Utah, Missouri and Tennessee in terms of creating a more financial savvy adult population.
Good roundup of the different statewide requirements for passing personal finance classes in high school. Not really given a sense of how many school districts and administrators have begun pushing for this because of economic downturn.
No, not really. It's a start on the subject. Perhaps a companion piece could have included comments from actual students. I also would have like to see comments from someone who prefers the classics to practical education.
This is a 'blame the victim' mentality on the country's credit crisis. While I agree there is practical value in a high school course on personal finances, at this particular moment I'd like to see more investigative pieces about the credit/banking industry.
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