Comment: Education changes not for the good. More dumbing down!  WHY, no longer teaching life skills for boys and girls aka Home Economics. Obviously, personal finances is a skill that everyone needs to know, and yet is no longer taught in most schools. In 2010, Americans owed over 2,400 billion dollars in consumer debt and home fore-closures.  Though the recent recession has certainly hit many families hard, it is also clear that most people do not understand the basics of managing personal finances. Home economics classes taught students how to open bank accounts and how to balance a checking account and the difference in debit cards and credit cards.
All of this is real-life knowledge and skills that is crucial to "success".  Many believe that the modern state of millions of households would be vastly improved if people were taught at a young age how to manage their money, shop, cook (instead of eating out) and manage a household. Does lacking these skills contribute to homelessness. Yes.