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Not Your Daddy's Home Ec. - Hopkins Schools Fight Predatory Lenders
The program is part of a statewide push to boost financial literacy.
A Hopkins Public Schools program aimed at imbuing students with the basics of financial literacy was featured on MinnPost on Monday.
The program, the news site reports, is part of a statewide effort aimed at helping Minnesotans avoid predatory lenders' clutches. Hopkins students must pass two personal finance classes in order to graduate high school.
“Personal finance is of utmost importance as something we want all students to understand before they graduate,” a Hopkins teacher told MinnPost. “Given where we are with the state of the economy, can we really look forward without making sure kids know about money?”
Programs like Hopkins', however, may not be making as big a difference as backers hope—or as vulnerable consumers need.
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