← What Kids Should Know About Money—and When

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By Janell Hazelwood | Published June 29, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

Your high school graduate (age 18) should grasp enough about finance to … --Apply systematic decision making to a long-term goal --Schedule bill payments, write a check, reconcile checking or debit account statements, and monitor statements for accuracy --Explain how a negative credit report can affect a person’s future --Identify appropriate investments for accumulating money for a four-year college education, a wedding, a business startup, a house down payment, and retirement For more information on financial literacy benchmarks, and additional suggestions for money-related home-learning, visit the Credit Union National Association’s “Thrive By Five” Website and the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Finance Literacy. Look for the full version of this article in the August issue of Black Enterprise.

Your high school graduate (age 18) should grasp enough about finance to … –Apply systematic…