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If there’s one thing most investors can agree on, it’s that leaving financial education out of schools is mind boggling. Real financial education isn’t a critical part of our nation’s education system, from kindergarten through high school and college.
Teaching kids about budgeting simply isn’t enough. That should start early, with actual instruction on subjects such as spending, investing, and retirement hammered home consistently.
While this sounds great in theory, upon further thought and examination it could be a disaster in practice. Our education system, at all levels,