The Hill

Financial literacy classes growing in high schools, with middle school the next target

Personal finance classes have become a requirement for high school graduation in dozens of states in the past few years, sparking hope for activists that financial literacy is finally receiving the ...
Los Angeles Times

Momentum is building to require California high schoolers to learn how to manage money

California is moving closer toward requiring all public school students to learn how to manage their money — read a pay stub, balance a checking account, use credit cards wisely, save for the future ...
The Columbian

Schools adding financial literacy to math class

WASHINGTON — Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term ...
KING5

Financial literacy may soon be a graduation requirement at all Washington high schools

PUYALLUP, Wash. — All Washington high schools are currently required to offer financial literacy education, but it is not required for students to take the class to graduate. But if a bill making its ...
CBS News

Should financial literacy classes be a requirement for Massachusetts students?

BOSTON - Credit scores, interest rates and taxes. Nine out of 10 students in Massachusetts are not required to learn about these things. Should the state make financial literacy a requirement for ...