Opinion: Financial literacy isn’t optional. Getting it right shouldn’t be either.
Leigh Mansberg
Leigh Mansberg is president and CEO of Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South.
Tennessee has the nation’s third-highest rate of personal bankruptcies. To address this crisis, Junior Achievement’s new ready-to-teach financial literacy course is available to every public high school in the state at no cost.
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