One in five students lack basic financial literacy, according to leading academic research, and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC) at the George Washington University School of Business hopes to change that with Fast Lane.
After researching barriers that prevent financial education from being incorporated into school curriculum, Hallie Davis, Fast Lane project lead and a GFLEC associate, said that GFLEC developed the Fast Lane website with curated and newly-created resources to walk users through ways to get involved in financial education early on.
"We want to really start building more of a movement," Ms. Davis said. “We want to see this as a way to break down barriers and see more financial education in schools."