Next Gen Personal Finance, a leading non-profit provider of financial education curriculum and teacher professional development, has recognized Delavan-Darien High School as a Gold Standard School for requiring all students to take at least one semester of personal finance before graduation.
With fewer than 1 in 5 students nationwide (18.3%) receiving this level of access to a comprehensive financial education in high school today, Delavan-Darien High School is one of just 1,247 NGPF Gold Standard or Future Gold Standard Schools.
Outside of the five states (Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia) that currently require their high school students to take a personal finance class of at least one semester, the responsibility falls on individual schools and school districts to ensure all students take this common-sense course. Outside these five mandate states, fewer than 1 in 10 high school students (9.3%) are required to take at least one semester of personal finance to graduate. This makes Delavan-Darien High School’s Gold Standard achievement all the more impressive.
“Behind each of these trail-blazing schools is a story,” said Tim Ranzetta, NGPF’s co-founder and CEO, “a story of a teacher, parent, grandparent, student, administrator, local representative or businessperson who asked an important question: Why don’t we teach ALL students about the real-world financial decisions they’ll be making every day for the rest of their lives?”
To read the full NGPF Progress Report for 2019-20, recognizing Delavan-Darien High School, click here.