- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: June 9, 2011
High schools encourage students to take algebra, geometry and calculus classes, but national polls find that students also need a deeper understanding of basic financial concepts, according to an article in the Sacramento Bee.
"Kids too often go out into the real world totally unprepared for things that will affect their everyday lives: using a credit card or not using their 401(k) because they don't know what the heck it is," the story quoted Mira Loma High School economics teacher Chad Posner. "The sooner they know this stuff the better, so they won't have to declare bankruptcy in their 20s and will be better...
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