Should High Schoolers Pass Personal-Finance Courses to Graduate?

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 »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Jan. 30, 2009

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.

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