4 ways to brush up on your personal finance knowledge

For many people, figuring out finances is a learn-as-you-go experience. While school may have offered instruction on everything from math to grammar, there was likely a glaring hole in the curriculum when it came to Finance 101.

The good news is that kids these days may get a little more guidance with their finances. With Kentucky becoming the “latest state to codify financial literacy as a stand-alone class needed for high-schoolers to graduate,” there are now a total of “36 states with some form of financial literacy requirement for high school graduation,” said The Washington Post, citing the Council of Economic Education.