The adoption of the common core by 46 states and the District of Columbia provided a unique opportunity to deliver key financial knowledge to our children through everyday math and reading classes.

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More than half of the 262 high school seniors who participated in the study were "excessively sleepy, " according to a commonly used scale that gauges how likely a person is to doze off during everyday activities such as reading, watching TV, or sitting in a traffic jam.

CNN: Sleep deprivation linked to depression in teens

"It is important that changes - obviously they'll need reading when they leave school, not just as an interest but in their everyday work, " she said.

BBC: Stars to encourage boys to read