Being financially illiterate can lead to financial disaster, as it increases the likelihood of accumulating unsustainable debt burdens due to poor spending decisions or a lack of long-term planning.

A growing number of states require high schools to teach the basics of free-market capitalism in their financial literacy ...

(The Hill) — 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 ...

DENVER, Colo. — After the pandemic put so many families in tough situations financially, communities started calling for more financial education for high schoolers. This year, more than two dozen ...

After the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction released statewide financial literacy content standards for K-12 ...

JACKSON TWP. − Roy Baker Jr. grew up in a family who lived from paycheck to paycheck. "I was raised in a financially illiterate household, and my entire working life before teaching was spent working ...

ABOUT WHAT THIS CLASS COULD MEAN FOR STUDENTS. HOUSE BILL 342 HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE INCOMING FRESHMAN STUDENTS ...

But one of the most forward-looking elements in the strategy is financial education. If financial services are part of the infrastructure of everyday life, education is how we ensure people can use it ...

For Worcester resident April LeBlanc, going to a bank was never easy. LeBlanc, 45, has anxiety disorder, OCD, ADHD and a basic learning disorder, would get nervous whenever she would have to deal with ...