ABSTRACT
Financial education eorts and outcomes vary widely from state to state. Recurring surveys and reports including the Survey of the States from the Council on Economic Education (2014) bear this out with lists of states that include personal nance content in their states’ academic standards and/or require a personal nance course for graduation from high school. ese reports provide a snapshot of nancial education at a given point in time. However, to paint a full picture of the status of nancial education in any given state at one time,
Introduction ....................................................................................71 Framing Financial Literacy in State Education Policy ....................72 Setting a Course for Action: Formation of the Pennsylvania Jump$tart Coalition.........................................................................75 A Model for Other States: Pennsylvania’s Oce of Financial Education ........................................................................................76 Legislative Eorts to Improve Financial Literacy ...........................79 e Making Cents Project ...............................................................80 Who’s Who in State Financial Education Eorts ...........................82 Equipping Teachers with Knowledge and Tools ..............................83 Hurdles to Overcome ......................................................................84 Moving the Ball Forward ................................................................86 References .......................................................................................86
