Why a Denver high school is offering a personal finance class
Melanie Asmar / Chalkbeat On a recent Thursday, Denver teacher Daniel Walter started a lesson on supply and demand with a question about legendary New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez. “If A-Rod’s skills are unique enough to get him paid $275 million, what do we know about the supply of great baseball players? High? Low? Somewhere in the middle?” Walter asked. Low, said his students. Walter then made a connection to the students’ own lives: When you’re considering what type of caree...
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