In chat: anyone know which states require economics and testing in economics in order to graduate high school?

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[NoLibZone]

I posted this in chat.

I am unable to determine which states require not only taking but testing in economics coursework in order to graduate and obtain a high school diploma.

The closest I can get annual survey of the states CES reports.

And it's scary how you require economics.

[NoLibZone]

And it’s scary how few require it

[Boiler Plate]

What are the results?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

As far as I can tell they do not even require civics anymore.

[metmom]

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Got a C-Note sez it ain’t California.

[struggle]

Most districts require gov/econ class as a semester or split semester class. It’s usually a pointless class, though.

[Whatever Works]

When I tried to teach economics in elementary school (It was part of the gifted curriculum), I was told it was too political and I was told to stop.

[Damifino]

I graduated in 1984 in NY. The only econ that was required, even then was home-ec in 7th grade. We learned to balance a checkbook and to keep our nails clean and trim.

There was an econ track but that was kinda scoffed at, for kids that couldn't do math.

[RainMan]

I was an Econ minor in college, back in the 80’s. Then took it again in my MBA in 2014. I do not WANT HS to teach Econ because I guarantee they would get it 100% wrong. Home Ec, absolutely, but Econ, no way. In my MBA I got in an argument with my Professor about a question, and proved my theorem mathematically, and still got it graded wrong because she was a friggin Keynesian-Marxist.

Some funny videos on Keynes v Hayek

Round 1
https://youtu.be/d0nERTFo-Sk

Round 2
https://youtu.be/GTQnarzmTOc

[madison10]

Economics is political? I guess if you want a zombie populace do not teach subjects they should know.

[TexasGator]

Florida requires a 1/2 credit course.

1 credit US History
1 credit world history

1/2 credit US government

[damper99]

Hell, you’re not even required to be able to read and write to get through high school in many places.

[ridesthemiles]

MY GUESS??? NONE

[clee1]

Ga does not.

[TheWriterTX]

All of my kids took an economics class. They had to create budgets, play the stock market, create a business plan, etc.

I don’t know if it was required to graduate, but I know that creating a home annual budget was an eye-opener for them. It helped my oldest two become savers.

They stopped asking for a lot of stuff, started turning lights off, started conserving water, and more. They realized just how much my husband and I had to earn to pay for everything, including all their goodies.

When my health really started to tank, they even stopped asking for Christmas gifts. Instead of wanting new computers, a new gaming system, a $600 VR headset, and more, they would ask for one thing (typically under $200). We didn’t impose a budget on them; they agreed among themselves.

[Whatever Works]

30 years ago, I was the teacher all parents wanted. By the end of my career, the world was topsy turvy. Math was racist. Children could only be taught through games. No work could be corrected (might hurt their feelings). And grades were eliminated.

You couldn’t drag me kicking and screaming into a classroom today. My daughter always said she wanted me to homeschool her future children. But it looks like she is going to marry a liberal (voted for Kamala). So that WILL NEVER happen.

[caddie]

Keynesian commies, for a century, everywhere.

Debt is great-- the more the better. It's just an imaginary number. It doesn't hurt the economy at all. It's how Roosevelt got us straight out if the Depression.

Only now is DJT, a South African, and a young person named Big Balls, starting to steer the bus away from the cliff.

[nopardons]

Now? YES! But when my mother was in high school, in NYC, in the 1930s, she had to take micro and macro econ. There was even a state wide Regents exam, everyone had to take and pass back then.

By the time I was in school, that was long gone from N.Y. state and also in Pa., where I went to boarding school.

And by the time I had progeny, that was a specialized class that some ( actually, I only know of one ) elite private day schools, in Chicago and a couple of suburbs offered. Do they still? I don't know.

[Mean Daddy]

Dr. Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics book should be a must read. One of the best books I’ve ever read.