The 'conflicted middle' isn't struggling financially, but it isn't feeling secure either.

WASHINGTON – The American Council of Life Insurers announced the results of its October 2025 Financial Resilience Index, which measures middle-class households’ abilities to manage financial ...

Personal finance classes have become a requirement for high school graduation in dozens of states in the past few years, sparking hope for activists that financial literacy is finally receiving the ...

California is moving closer toward requiring all public school students to learn how to manage their money — read a pay stub, balance a checking account, use credit cards wisely, save for the future ...

In my sophomore year of high school, I wrote an article for the school newspaper about the importance of taking classes that can be applied to our real life after graduating. I wanted to learn about ...

Researchers call these people the "conflicted middle" — folks who appear financially stable on paper, but still worry about whether they'll be able to weather the next emergency. A survey from Edward ...