North Middlesex Regional High School recently held a school fair with real-world flair, a combined effort by students, faculty and administrators. School Superintendent Brad Morgan said that collaboration created the inaugural Credit for Life financial literacy fair for seniors.
Given the soaring prices of goods and services across virtually every aspect of our economy, those equipped with a heightened understanding of how our financial system works stand the best chance of avoiding costly money mistakes.
BOSTON A UMass Lowell student and Billerica native is advocating for a bill that would mandate the curriculum in Massachusetts high schools to include classes for personal financial literacy.
The legislature’s Joint Committee on Education plans to hear testimony today on a bill filed by Methuen Rep. Ryan Hamilton to make financial literacy a high school graduation requirement. The hearing takes place today, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m., at the State House, Hearing Room A-2. More than a dozen students have registered to testify […]