Confidence in Teaching Personal Finance Grows from 9% to 70% Over the Past Decade News provided by Share this article Share this article PALO ALTO, Calif., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 70% of high school teachers are very confident to teach personal finance, according to a study released earlier this month by Dr. Melody Harvey of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Carly Urban of Montana State University. This study demonstrates the significant changes in the personal finance instruction and professional development since an earlier 2009 study, which found that only 9% of teachers felt well qualified to teach personal finance (Way and Holden, 2009). Here are the highlights of the study which was based on a sample of 504 teachers most likely to teach personal finance if a mandate passed in their state: