New Standards for Financial Lteracy Coming Soon

Neglected for so long in our math curriculums is financial literacy. The Council for Economic Education has developed a set of new standards at the request of educators at all levels.  There will be clear benchmarks of what students should know by the end of grades 4, 8, and 12.  There are 8 topics....

1. Earning income
2. Buying goods and services
3. Saving
4. Using Credit
5. Investing
6. Protecting andf insuring

To me, all are wonderful and important.  We can easily weave these topics into our standard math program with relevant everyday examples all of us face.  We can also weave the concepts into our reading program with targeted selections and close reading.  Please check out the many embedded links. 

Coming Soon:  New Standards for Teaching Kids about Money.  Dan Kadlec. 3.12.13.  Time - Business & Money.
http://business.time.com/2013/03/12/coming-soon-new-standards-for-teaching-kids-about-money/