FinancialLiteracy

If you lack money smarts, you're not alone. But the ranks of the financially inept might shrink a bit over the next seven days, thanks to the Money Smart Week program, a partnership between the American Library Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Every January, we plan to make changes, and we often don't succeed. Let's make this New Year's different: Here are seven fairly simple resolutions recommended by the financial experts for getting you on a firmer fiscal footing in 2012.

Those Girl Scouts aren't just about selling cookies -- the green-sashed entrepreneur who supplies your Thin Mints is also preparing to be the boss. The GSA now offers 13 merit badges to teach its more than 3 million members financial literacy -- everything from good credit to savings and investing.

April is Financial Literacy Month, so we thought you might benefit now from a test of your acumen. This will help you determine what topics you need to bone up on for the month ahead, so that by the time April 1 rolls around, you'll be ready to prove your financial literacy. Here are 10 quick...

Ever since public schools began, they've been teaching kids knowledge, in hopes that they'd be able to find good jobs and make money.Now, they're finally starting to teach kids to keep their money.There have been states that have been teaching personal finance for a while now. According to a...

With the economy as the number one story now that the election is out of the way, there's a lot of evidence that few Americans have the tools to understand how it works.A recent Jump$tart survey of high seniors found that the average high school senior scores about 50% on a basic financial literacy...

We live in a society in which schools are responsible for everything. Parenting is no longer such a hard job if you can just push your responsibility off on the schools. There was a time when parents raised their own children and taught them necessary life skills, and schools were there to teach...

Every day, WalletPop will be bringing you information about a fantastic freebie. Like what you see? Check back tomorrow for more!The other day I wrote about a fantastic freebie for kids: a violent video game courtesy of Uncle Sam. On a more positive note, Practical Money Skills for Life -- a...