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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students wants it, Parents wants Financial Literacy as a graduate requirements. Student rep on the board member also made a case for financial literacy at the meeting comparing to Frederick County Schools where it is a graduation requirements. But Someone at the meeting said due to demographic differences, they compare MCPS to PG county schools not Frederick county schools. It looks like they are driving MCPS on same disastrous path of PG county schools.

So, now demographics determine what kids learn at MCPS schools? Interesting.

Those who did not watch the meeting, spend your 15 minutes to watch that segment.[/quote]

Parents want the kids to learn financial literacy but not an extra class required for graduation. In one of your prior posts, you mentioned the ones who need it the most are least likely to take it. Make it count as a math credit option so those who want to take it can.  Seriously, don’t take away the limited electives the kids already have.  Some want to take Chorus/ Drama for 4 years, some want to take shop, some want to take DP APs.  [/quote]

Actually parents mostly wanted it to be a requirement.[/quote]

Where do you get that from? Everyone I know feels we don't need more silly classes that teach common sense.[/quote]

DP. They're referring to the survey results presented at the BOE meeting. 65% of parents surveyed said the class should be a graduation requirement.

[url]https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/CF8HQE488BD3/$file/Finan%20Lit%20Rec%20Frameworks%20Health%20Phys%20Ed%20220607%20PPT.pdf[/url][/quote]

Statistician you are not. Maybe 3 percent of parents filled out that survey. There are approximately 150k students in MCPS and 4.7K “selected” filled out the survey.  If we assume each student has one sibling in MCPS, that’s 150k parents.  Conduct a random sample and let’s see what the numbers look like- Sherlock.

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That's why I said "65% of parents surveyed." I didn't suggest it was a random sample. [/quote]

Right 65 percent of parents surveyed is quite meaningless when the sample is 3 percent and non-random. I could get you a sample of all my friends and friends friends and the results would be quite opposite.[/quote]

I suspect that even with a random sampling the results would still trend that most stakeholders feel this is a worthwhile requirement.   More so than a full credit of HS Physical education and 4 years of English (that in many cases fails to prepare all students well for writing).

https://www.inc.com/ali-donaldson/financial-literacy-training-best-workplaces.html

https://www.schwabmoneywise.com/tools-resources/literacy-survey

https://fortune.com/2022/04/01/financial-literacy-month-ryan-williams-cadre/amp/

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I doubt it.  [/quote]

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