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Paul Clitheroe

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306 total appearances

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The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

That's right.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

But for other people, seriously, when you're at a barbecue and you say, what do you think about the government's change of the negative hearing?

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

Yeah.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

It's embarrassing not to know, right?

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

Very good point.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

So we want to give the language skills of money.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

It's all very good and well to say compound interest, but what's it mean?

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

So we need to help teachers with how do we not only in math, it's not just a numeracy skill, it is a life skill.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

And so that's why actually it is embedded across the curriculum in various subject areas because our educators aren't silly.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

They know this is the case, that it is a whole-of-life skill.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

And if you don't get the language going, in a sense, the math's not a lot of use to you.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

It's a really challenging issue.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

Actually, something we believe in the school system.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

We spoke earlier about the fact that financial literacy is embedded in the curriculum, not as a separate subject matter, but it's embedded across various subjects, maths and social sciences, humanities and so on.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

We actually did participate, much to my great excitement, in the global PISA testing.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

We did that over three years.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

The last one we did was 2018.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

We were fifth in 15 participating countries.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

It is a voluntary thing, the financial literacy questions.

The Money Puzzle
‘Swim between the flags’ : The simple formula for managing money

Obviously, we're constantly testing 15-year-olds around English and maths, and so we should.