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How Ashland County schools are preparing students for the 'real world' after graduation
"Schools don't prepare students enough for the real world." It's a common criticism often lobbed at the modern public school system. According to Ashland Source, during the Oct. 14 Talk The Vote listening session, when Ashlanders suggested the need for more focus from the school district on life skill training and curricula, one person said, "Nobody knows how to sew a button or write a check or pay their taxes”. According to Ohio's learning standards for financial literacy, which these classes must follow, high school students can expect to learn about investing, credit debt, risk management and insurance, financial responsibility, money management, and more.