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Financial Lessons You Must Teach Your Kids Posted: 01 Aug 2014 02:15 AM PDT Kids who don't have a strong education in personal finance are at risk for making major money mistakes later that could take them years to correct. This is why financial literacy, so critical to an informed, educated and economically thriving population, can and should start young. Money management is not taught in most public schools; Right now just 17 states require high students to take a personal finance course or to have personal finance instruction embedded in an economics or civics course as a graduation requirement, according to the Council of Economic Education (CEE).

California Cracks Down on University of Phoenix's Veteran Enrollments Posted: 31 Jul 2014 03:33 PM PDT The state of California has banned the San Diego campus of the University of Phoenix from enrolling additional veterans in seven of its programs, joining a growing list of government agencies cracking down on for-profit colleges. The university, a subsidiary of Apollo Education Group Inc., disputes the results of the audit and said that it expects the audit to be revised. In early July, Corinthian Colleges Inc., based in Santa Ana, Calif., announced it would largely cease operations after the for-profit school came under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Education for its marketing practices, dropout rates and loan defaults. "Nationally, we're seeing a lot more engagement from all levels of government on this issue," said Ben Miller, an education analyst at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

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