Educating Financial Literacy

Should high schools or colleges require students to take a financial literacy course?  There are numerous studies documenting the lack of financial savvy of U.S. citizens, but few programs that offer more than window-dressing to deal with an intractible problem.  A New York Times reporter sits in on Champlain College's required course on financial literacy and relates his observations.  NYTimes, Making Financial Literacy Part of the College Canon