Because everyone interprets media through the lens of his or her own experience, media literacy analysis is about rich readings rather than specific “right” answers. These suggested questions are ...

A new report from BrightPlan, a financial wellness company, shows that financial literacy has declined, even as opportunities to learn about money abound. Yet, even after some financial ...

Many American consumers fail to grasp the basic math of inflation, according to a large-scale study of financial literacy. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, a financial education nonprofit, ...

If you chose “about two-thirds,” you’re correct, and you’re in the minority. Only about one in four Americans answered that question right on a financial literacy quiz, completed online in January by ...

Financial illiteracy costs the average American $1,015 a year. This isn't just some abstract statistic — it's real money lost to bad budgeting, high-interest debt, and missed chances to grow wealth.

Can you explain what risk diversification is? Identify the effects of inflation? Know how to calculate interest? If you answered yes to these three questions, you are better off than 43% of Americans ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. News literacy as a field is officially about eight years old. For four of those eight years, it has been funded by the McCormick ...