New High School Graduation Requirement: Financial Literacy

As of 2026, 39 states now require personal finance courses for high school graduation, according to the CEE Survey of the ...
Opinion

Beyond Financial Literacy: Why Connection May Be The Missing Link

Despite major investments in financial literacy over the past two decades, financial insecurity persists for many Americans. According to the World Economic Forum, financial literacy in the United ...
The Daily Signal

Learning Economic Literacy Through Another Government Shutdown

Ted Tucker is the Executive Director at the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), a nonprofit educational organization that promotes experiential learning and the economic way of thinking. FTE was ...
CNBC

Op-ed: Want a stronger economy? Start by teaching personal finance to teachers

There is ample evidence that training teachers in financial education matters can improve their students' future economic choices, which in turn influence broader economic trends. Currently, only half ...

Financial literacy is a cornerstone of Baltimore’s economic future | GUEST COMMENTARY

Opinion: When students lack financial knowledge early, it becomes harder to navigate higher education, manage debt and build ...
Yahoo Finance

Council for Economic Education Reports that More States Require a Personal Finance Course to Graduate from High School, Empowering Students to Manage Money

The Council for Economic Education’s biennial Survey of the States brings attention to the critical importance of economics and personal finance education by documenting its status state by state. For ...
University of Delaware

A legacy of learning and economic insights

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and CEO Patrick Harker often compares economic forecasting to football. Despite the fact that the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) from January 2025 rose ...
University of Delaware

UD alumnae transform economics education

Blue Hens inspire students with economics and financial literacy through UD’s Master of Arts in Economics and Entrepreneurship for Educators program Like many educators earning their Master of Arts in ...
The Business Journals

Closing the labor gap: How adult literacy builds Pennsylvania’s economic future

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Troy Buefort, like many Americans, dreamed of creating a ...
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Commentary: Climate education makes economic sense

In January 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Education Act, which framed the issue of ...
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Building economic resilience: Why integrating financial literacy into the education system is an economic policy

By Ahmed TAHIRU Ghana’s education system is producing academically competent graduates at scale. Each year, thousands leave ...
Newsday

Lack of finance course requirement hurts New York high schoolers, report says

New York is one of 15 states that does not require high school students to take a course in personal finance to graduate, leaving young people unprepared to make critical economic decisions later in ...