In February and March 2011, Charles Schwab, Inc. conducted a nationally-representative online survey of 1132 American teens. Among the findings:

1) 86% say they would rather learn about money management in a class before making mistakes in the real world.

2) 75% say the learning mor about money management including budgeting, saving and investing is one of their top priorities.

To see the survey and fact sheet go to: www.schwabmoneywise.com/surveys