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Should schools teach kids about personal finance?
February 16, 2009 /
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High school teacher Daniel Jackson is reviewing lessons some adults would find difficult: mortgage loans, down payments, interest rates and closing costs. He tosses calculators to students, chastises them for not studying enough and urges them to apply problem-solving skills to decipher complex mortgage information.
"This is a tool for you to use," he says. "I’m not giving you a hammer so you can stuff it in a sock drawer."
By DEANNA MARTIN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Full Story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/money/400213_financeliteracy16.html
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