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Business teacher CJ Hersom proposes Investing 101 course, committee asks for draft to present to full board
Summary
CJ Hersom told the Groton curriculum committee that a half‑year Investing 101 course would teach compound interest, retirement accounts, stocks, funds and a cumulative project; Perkins funding will pay for simulation software so the course would cost the district nothing up front. The committee asked staff to draft the course and return with a formal proposal for the Board of Education.
CJ Hersom, a business teacher, presented a proposal for a half‑year CTE course called Investing 101 to the Groton Board of Education Curriculum Committee on May 4, saying the course would teach students practical wealth‑building skills such as compound interest, the difference between stocks, bonds and funds, retirement‑account basics (401(k), Roth options and IRAs) and portfolio risk.
Hersom said the curriculum draws on NextGen Personal Finance standards and would use a Perkins grant to pay for Personal Finance Lab simulation…
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