We had Econ in high school, and it included managing a household budget, writing checks, calculating interest, and saving for retirement.
I graduated in 2005.
lol...I graduated in ‘61...
The econ we had for the kids was the uncle Eric series
Starting with whatever happened to Penny candy?
http://www.richardmaybury.com/books-2penny.html
And used Abekas econ concurrently.
Econ is not personal finance.
I remember similar classes when in school. We did learn the basics of finance and budgeting.
The best teacher was my Dad. I asked for a car when I was 17, he said yes but I had to earn enough money to pay for it first.
That lesson stuck. We are retired and do not take out loans. We pay cash. Not paying all that damn interest or doing those monthly payments makes life easier.