Having a good financial education has helped many progress in life and has used the knowledge they have gotten to actually build a substantial wealth for themselves for an average person who has limited Capital at their disposal it's best to have a good financial education.
But in this case you are comparing $1 million with financial education, well it's depends on the individual, I would choose $1 million to financial education, first you gave to understand Capital is key, when you have good capital you have a higher chance of succeeding, you can even employ experts to handle so tasks you have no knowledge about, if you aren't the wasteful type I think you can make good for yourself.
Financial education, financial knowledge as well as any knowledge are useful in our life. But having knowledge does not mean you will succeed or definitely succeed, it completely depends on how you use it. Financial literacy is not too difficult to achieve, anyone can get it through education, but how much is applied is what matters.
And the ultimate goal of financial education is still money, so I find OP's question superfluous. I don't believe anyone would ignore a million dollars and choose financial education when that knowledge can be easily obtained or you can educate yourself on the internet.