This may have been covered in the past but I think it should be implemented in all schools.

Drivers training: It doesn't need much explanation. I simply think that it needs to be included in all schools.

Gun Safety: I think that all schools should have a class that teaches a gun safety program. That teaches kids how to use a gun along with how to avoid situations when there is a gun present.

Money management and budgeting: I don't know about everyone else but I was never thought money management and budgeting when I was young,.
and it was a major sturggle for most of my life.

Thoughts?

They might want to start with reading, rightin, and rithmatic........everything else is a follow up to these basics.

In the schools here
Driver's Ed: check
Gun Safety: Not a check but the freedom to have hunter safety education in schools is here, I've done it in my classroom. Yes, actual firearms are brought in for the safe gun handling aspect.
Money Management: We call it Financial Literacy, it is mandatory to graduate high school. (check)

This plus history. History that goes back to our countries beginning.

I took Drivers Ed in HS, was a fairly long waiting list for it and was available to seniors only. (12th Grade)

When my daughter was a senior in college there was a mandatory graduation requirement that a student had to volunteer at some entity in the Fairbanks area.

I was more than a little 'huffy' about it.
Mandatory volunteerism seemed like more than just an oxymoron to me.

There are several things that should be taught that aren't.

I went to a small country school. Drivers Education was available for all
I brought my gun to school and locked it in my locker.
We had a skeet shooting club also available

I guess big inner-city schools might be different lol
Lots of big city people never drive in their lives. It's a hassle for them. You have to rent parking because most have no parking lots or driveways Roads are always congested and not reliable to show to work on time. . Mass transit is more convenient and way cheaper for them.

Gun safety for inner city youth.........im not sure whether theyll come away with good values or more will just want to "put-a-cap-in-your-arse"

Our schools the us constitution is mandatory to graduate out of the 8th grade, and you have to have US history, a money management class of what they have to offer, a couple different class you can count towards the credit.and a health class one that fits the criteria for credits to pass high school. Maybe some more mandatory ones that I dont know of right off hand. My son starts high-school next year. He signed up for classes and I was surprised of the things he signed up for. At 9th grade they will place you into math, language, history class you got to pick from 2 classes to take all year and one to fill in a semester because the health class is a semester. He is a math guru loves it, so when he brought his sign ups home he signed up from business management for the semester class, world geography, and introduction tools and trades for the whole year class. Our high-school had a good construction trade class, the teacher offers labor from the kids for free and goes to company's have builds things or remodeling for just cost of parts. So completely surprised me when he signed up for that, because thats not his style but I am glad he did and hope he learns alot because dad has somw projects that needs done lol.

Need to add "how to be a parent and not just a sperm or egg donor" Way too many Left and Right wing freaks have a misperception that teachers/schools raise their kids. At the level of stupidity I see coming from their homes, Teachers should be empowered to tell parents they are worthless and require them to attend parenting classes. Everyone in my family that teaches or works in the school districts has become a political pawn and they are ready to quit. Little Jr can do no wrong and one side says he's entitle to express himself and the other side comes in shooting their mouth off because everything Jr did wrong was my daughters fault. She's in a cant win situation.

I don't think driver's ed should be mandatory. I do think it should be available. But as some said, in urban areas many will never even have a licence.

I think at least a basic gun safety should be mandatory. Even if it just a segment of a health class.

Personal finance should absolutely be taught!! Things such as loans, credit cards, mortgages, balancing budgets, etc. I remember that....in grade school I was taught how to use and balance a checkbook. I was never taught anything about credit or loans. I also remember in grade school, when I was quite young... 3rd or 4th grade.... being briefly taught about the stock market. It was fun! In those days, stock quotes were still published in newspapers. I think our segment on the market lasted a week, and they had us pick 3 stocks and then monitor them for the week. I think I made money if I remember right lol. In this internet age, it would be simple, in a finance class, to have students "trade" in the market for the entire semester, and a valuable learning experience!

Equally important in my opinion, is civics. This in addition to American history. But kids should be taught about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bills of Rights, etc., as well as the political process, and of course the three branches of the government and how they work together (or are supposed to work, anyway).

The educators in my family have came to the same conclusion. It’s a shame. The education system is broken. Supposedly MN has one of the better public school systems in the country, I’m afraid to see what a worse one looks like! I get crap all the time for homeschooling but my kids are ahead of the local public school kids and they’re learning real world skills everyday. They’re working on the farm and have helped my parents remodel their home. Never had to hear the “6-7” crap and my kids are still in with the rest of the herd in church and activities. Instead of wishing the schools would cover these skills, it’s up to us to do it! The government is failing. Go figure

"never let school interfere with your education"..... Twain?

Agreed, like the definition of volunteer eh’

Finance, money management, basics of saving for retirement, different types of accounts and their meanings.

That subject is one that is lacking. Needs to be priority

Daughter's a high school English teacher, and has good penmenship. Admin reached out to her about teaching a class on cursive writing.
These high school kids were raised on computers and learned how to print in grade school but didn't advance beyond that.
Daughter says they print their names on their school work.
Just a basic life skill. How to sign a check. How to sign a contract etc...........

Lots of these kids can't even read cursive any more, because it isn't taught in school. My penmanship may be atrocious, but at least I know how, and I can read it. I used to survey and reading some of the original GLO notes (most from the 1880s and 90s, in the areas I worked) was an art that took a little experience.

Teaching kids finances, how to budget, how to balance a checkbook, and how loans and compound interest work. They had such a class when I was in school as an elective, I didnt take it, because I already knew that stuff before I got to high school, (we were taught about compound interest in lower grade math, and the rest I knew from life) but a lot of adults don't know that stuff today.

Yes BUT getting them to exposed to it is the goal , once people are exposed to volunteering it opens their eyes to a world of things they can do for the community and it builds community

it is somewhat voluntary in that they can choose anything as long as they do something.

it also builds greater understanding of community

one of the very eye opening things I volunteered at was the local food panty

perhaps their term was wrong in the context , it should have been , mandatory community service to graduate. You may choose any place to volunteer or we can have you pick up trash with a sheriffs deputy observing.

There's only so much time in a day. What classes should be cut for drivers education?

Spot on ! Handwriting/ penmanship is a lost art. I can take notes that are barely legible. But I can also print or write cursive like a retired female English teacher depending on my needs.

My Granddaughter worked at the local grocery as a checkout. You had to balance your drawer and sign off at the end if your shift. Junior in high school and a good student and she had no idea how to write her name in cursive. It’s a tragedy we allowed that to happen in the Public Education system.

They used to teach drivers Ed. in school. It was an elective, but I remember everyone signing up for it as soon as they got their driving permit. I don't know when that stopped.