It's generally useful to be literate in at least one spoken and written language. But that's not the only kind of literacy that matters. We need to be savvy about managing (and growing!) our money, ...

Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month? With taxes fresh on your mind and spring cleaning in the air, it's as good a time as any to brush up on your financial literacy. After all, as ...

Participants in 401(k) plans aren't smart about financial literacy, a survey from AllianceBernstein shows. Nor could most of them answer these 8 questions about finances. New research from ...

Financial literacy not only leads to better investment outcomes, it can save you time If you're like most people, the "Big Five" financial literacy questions at the end of this column will be a "Big ...

The Pew Charitable Trusts recently published a 10-question health literacy quiz, which features questions on cancer, infectious diseases and gut health, among other topics. October is Health Literacy ...

The National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) today released updated results from its National Financial Literacy Test, revealing that the average American score remains below the 70% passing ...

New York might soon get rid of the literacy exam requirement for prospective teachers, partly because a large amount of Hispanic and black candidates were failing it. The Associated Press reported ...