Superintendent Dr. Jordan Cox, who has spearheaded the Commack School District emerging as a leader in teaching financial literacy, served as a featured speaker at Bloomberg for Education’s 2024 Academic Symposium on Friday.
Dr. Cox addressed district leaders and other educators from throughout the Northeast during the event inside Bloomberg’s Manhattan headquarters.
Commack Schools will debut a financial lab resembling a stock exchange floor and featuring Bloomberg terminals for the 2024-25 school year. A new financial literacy teacher, Peter Myers, was approved during Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting to join the CHS staff.
All seniors will be required to take the financial literacy coursework beginning next school year. The lessons will be embedded into existing economics and social studies classes so that it does not diminish the number of electives the students are free to choose.
The financial education generally will provide Commack students practical knowledge they can apply throughout their adulthood.
The Bloomberg Financial Fundamentals unit, for example, will cover topics including the purpose of investing, types of investment, risk and reward, and portfolio management.
Friday’s symposium included officials from higher education and secondary education and also featured speakers including Bloomberg Economics chief economist Tom Orlik and Bloomberg head of AI engineering Anju Kambadur.