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A new survey from Junior Achievement USA and the MissionSquare Retirement Foundation finds that while more high school students are gaining access to financial literacy courses, major gaps remain, leaving many teens unprepared for real-world money decisions….
“You kind of hear a lot nowadays where some high school students may wish they had had some kind of financial literacy education in school, because by the time you get out to the real world, there are a lot of different ways where you can find yourself in a tough situation with the decisions that you make.”
Emmanuel Torres with MN-SAVES says it’s never too early to start teaching kids about money…
“Especially, starting with younger children and having them value the worth of a dollar is something that can really help them later in life.”
Torres says early lessons in financial literacy can shape smarter habits for life.
