State Ed. Board Tables Controversial Prager Financial Literacy Course
The State Board of Education Thursday tabled an application by PragerU Kids to offer an on-line course on financial literacy until additional information is provided.
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The State Board of Education Thursday tabled an application by PragerU Kids to offer an on-line course on financial literacy until additional information is provided.
New Hampshire’s top education official Frank Edelblut bemoaned the “overly politicized” response to his recommendation of the unaccredited, conservative nonprofit’s financial literacy course.
The free online financial literacy certificate from the unaccredited, conservative platform would count toward high school graduation requirements — but the recommendation to approve it is raising eyebrows
The non-profit PragerU Kids program would help fulfill a state requirement students take financial literacy as a graduation requirement and would be available under the Department of Education’s Learn Everywhere Program.
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