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covers subjects such as credit cards, loans, saving
and investing. The Harris Poll: http://www.theharrispoll.com/
Dave Ramsey also offers materials for financial Council For Economic Education: http://
education, both for middle school and high school councilforeconed.org/policy-and-advocacy/survey-
students. That’s the program used by Brian of-the-states/
Stroman’s school district in Virginia. “We have had
great success with our students understanding and Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/
leaving school with full knowledge of how money navigation/business-economics/quest-improve-
works,” he says. “As a superintendent, I love to visit americas-financial-literacy-failure-sham-72309/
with the students after graduation when they tell me
about setting up investments and how they are The Wall Street Journal: https://blogs.wsj.com/
avoiding debt.” experts/2017/02/05/our-grandparents-learned-
personal-finance-in-school-why-cant-our-children/
This is worth doing for every school.
The National Endowment For Financial Education:
References
Don’t Stay In School: https://www.youtube.com/ http://www.nefe.org/Press-Room/News/UW-
watch?v=8xe6nLVXEC0 MADISON-RELEASES-STUDY-ON-TEACHERS-
CAPABILITY
U.S Federal Reserve data on revolving credit card
debt: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/
hist/cc_hist_sa_levels.html
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