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Colonial showcases K-12 economics and personal finance instruction, highlights longstanding high school course
Summary
District curriculum leaders demonstrated Colonial School DistrictK-12 economic and financial literacy instruction, described materials from the University of Delaware and Federal Reserve, and noted a longstanding full-year high school economics course that embeds personal finance for tenth graders.
Dr. Nicholas Baker, supervisor of curriculum, assessment and instruction for the Colonial School District, presented the districtapproach to economics education and financial literacy on May 6, demonstrating how lessons are introduced in elementary grades and built through middle and high school.
The presentation matters because state lawmakers have recently considered a bill requiring a half-year financial literacy credit; the district described how its existing K-12 sequence already addresses the topic and how a tenth-grade, full-year economics course embeds personal finance standards.
Baker said the district begins economics instruction in kindergarten with a program called Economics for Kids,…
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