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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be fair, everyone on the board was interested in increasing access to the classes, and [b]renaming them so the content is more clear.[/b] And they said they will reevaluate about requiring it as a graduation credit in a year.[/quote]

I feel like this is actually an important change. The class they have already been offering for years is called Quantitative Literacy, and I'm sure most people seeing that in the course listings don't realize that it covers things like investments, credit, budgeting, etc.[/quote]

My DC took QL this year and it was a very useful class. I believe the financial literacy version that was being suggested was a semester, not full year. My kid's precalc teacher spoke to their class last year and recommended the course for all students. DC took it with along with Calculus. QL wasn't "hard" but it was important knowledge. DC found the investments unit interesting, esp. the stock market. DC started following certain stocks during that particular unit.

Financial Literacy is required in other school districts. [/quote]

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