An adulting crash course would appeal to 81% of Americans, survey finds [Video]

As inflation continues to wreak havoc on American finances, an overwhelming majority are saying they’d be willing to take the time to go back and learn the basics:

• In one survey, 85% of U.S. high school students said that they are interested in learning about financial topics in school.
• And in another, 81% said they’d be willing to take an “adulting crash course,” and noted that the most important topic to them was managing their personal finances (39%).

Few states require a stand-alone personal finance course to graduate from high school, according to The American Public Education Foundation’s Nation’s Report Card on Financial Literacy:

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