Sunday, September 21, 2008

Mincher: Why America needs financial literacy in every school

Considering that I was the kid who ended up in remedial English, it is kind of ironic (poetic justice) to see that multiple newspapers across the U.S. published the recent op-ed article I wrote regarding the need for financial literacy classes in every school. Check them out:

Many of the blogs have also picked it up:

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2 comments:

Joel said...

I've been saying this for a while now. I'm so glad someone with a larger audience is finally pointing this out.

September 23, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Anonymous said...

I've not only been saying this but teaching this since 2002! I then wrote a book for parents and the first thing I tell them is that they must start setting a better example for their kids. The second thing is to start talking to their kids about everything money and the final thing is to run the money they are currently spending ON their kids THROUGH them instead.

Please feel free to check out my site for more information. We need lots of help to change the way our kids are taught about money (or not taught!).

September 26, 2008 at 1:45 PM

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