TEWKSBURY — Financial literacy appears to have vanished in school curricula along with home economics and other life skills courses that were once part of the student experience. However, just as civics has now been reintroduced, over 20 states have moved to require personal finance courses for high school students, teaching crucial money management knowledge.
And while executing financial transactions has changed from passbooks and checks to debit cards and digital transfers, the fundamentals of earning, spending, and saving have not.
This fall, through a partnership with Tewksbury Federal Credit Union, elementary students at the Center, Heath Brook, and Dewing schools will be offered the opportunity to participate in the Smart Savers Basic…
