{"id":5371,"date":"2022-07-01T02:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T02:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forwardai.com\/knowledge-center\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2022-07-05T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:34:36","slug":"15-fundamental-financial-topics-high-schools-and-colleges-should-teach-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forwardai.com\/knowledge-center\/press\/15-fundamental-financial-topics-high-schools-and-colleges-should-teach-students\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Fundamental Financial Topics High Schools And Colleges Should Teach Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Striking out on their own for the first time is challenging for most young adults, but it\u2019s likely easier if they\u2019ve had a good grounding in basic financial topics. 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Here, 15 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/councils.forbes.com\/forbesfinancecouncil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes Finance Council<\/a><\/strong> members share financial topics they believe schools should be teaching to increase students\u2019 overall financial literacy.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbesfinancecouncil\/2022\/06\/30\/15-fundamental-financial-topics-high-schools-and-colleges-should-teach-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Forbes.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striking out on their own for the first time is challenging for most young adults, but it\u2019s likely easier if they\u2019ve had a good grounding in basic financial topics. 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