A group of educators and representatives from Iowa banks and credit unions is recommending a series of steps to boost what K-through-12 students in Iowa schools are taught about managing money. Iowa Department of Education director Brad Buck convened the 13-member “work team” in January.
Buck, who is 45 years old, says he’s a case study in how little has been taught in Iowa schools on the subject.
Buck says Iowa schools must do more to ensure “age appropriate” information about financial literacy is included in teaching at all grade levels. Buck has put a person in the Iowa Department of Education in charge of the push to get financial literacy information into Iowa classrooms and his agency is creating a new website with information for teachers.
