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February 28, 2008 at 10:53 AM
The federal government is promoting a personal finance math curriculum that includes 12 references to stock and 14 to car insurance but none to life insurance, disability insurance or private retirement savings vehicles.
Scholars at the University of Missouri-St. Louis created the new Money Math: Lessons for Life program together with the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Finance, Washington, and Citigroup Inc., New York.
The 4 program lessons combine middle school math with information about personal finance.
The Bureau of Public Debt, an arm of the U.S. Treasury Department, will help distribute the curriculum to teachers, Treasury officials report.
