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Elevating High School Accounting Education

September 23, 2025

This fall, a new advanced placement course is being piloted at 100 high schools across the country. AP Business with Personal Finance is designed to give high school students a strong foundation in business, economics and personal finance and, importantly for the accounting profession, it includes a significant unit on accounting. Hear about the impact of the course from Livingston High School’s Alex Lamon - one of the teachers piloting the program - and Alexander Chang, a student who has taken the course.

Topics discussed:

  • Overview of the AP Business with Personal Finance course
  • Information about the accounting unit of the course
  • Student perspective on the AP course
  • Impact on providing students with business/accounting exposure
  • Overview of Money Talks Conference
  • How students view accounting and financial literacy

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Don  Meyer

Don Meyer

Don Meyer, CAE, is the chief growth officer of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, where he is responsible for setting the vision, strategy and direction for the organization’s marketing, communications and membership campaigns and for driving the success of a deep and broad swath of organizational initiatives.

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