Family Financial Security Education

Abstract

From insight to action; from words to brass tacks. Always the gap is a big one, where our curriculum is concerned. And always to fill the gap, must come the hard engineering phase— tooling up for the new assignment.

Behind terms like "the imperative needs of youth" and "life adjustment education" stand insights that open up a radically new approach to building a school. Yet, until years of hard spade- work is done, they are only words. To make an intelligent choice, principals and other curriculum workers need a crisp prospectus of alternative possibilities, a clean-cut picture of desired objec tives and working content. Busy teachers need teaching tools, well-tried guides to ways of doing the job, instructional resources for their students.

This is the story of what one group, in one area of the cur riculum, is doing to change "education for economic competence" from a group of words into sound, workable practice. They are hammering out the stuff that teachers need. If you wish to help your students better to meet the realities of life with wisdom and organized common sense, get the materials listed at the end of this article. They are not the final word—not by a long shot— but they will provide a running start.—Editor.