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US Students Take School Field Trip to Real-World Financial Planning

Call it a "show me the money" field trip. A group of middle schoolers is getting a lesson in real life at Junior Achievement Finance Park near Washington, D.C. "When the students come here, we make it fun and interactive," said Ed Grenier, JA of Greater Washington's president and CEO. But the lesson starts in the classroom, he says, with about 14 hours of instruction on financial institutions, debt, credit, budgets, and various types of taxes. Costly adult...


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