Diving Deeper Into Financial Literacy

Rapunzl AI reads stock charts alongside students, flagging candlestick patterns and explaining RSI, moving averages, and Bollinger Bands in plain English.

Why project-based learning makes financial literacy stick, from real budgeting to investing to starting a business students actually remember.

Ohio's first required financial literacy class just graduated. What the half-unit requirement involves, the teacher licensure rule, and what's next.

Standards are the floor, not the ceiling. Here's how to build a personal finance course that actually prepares students for real financial decisions.

Michigan's Class of 2028 must complete a half-credit personal finance course. Where your students stand, and how to schedule the next two years.

What contextualized learning in financial literacy looks like in class, with real budgeting, saving, and credit examples students actually remember.

Indiana's Class of 2028 must complete a Personal Financial Responsibility course. What SEA 35 requires and how to make the course live up to its name.

A step-by-step guide to running the Rapunzl stock market simulator: research, groups, budgets, milestones, and reflection that stick.

Hawaii's personal finance requirement begins with the 2026-27 school year. What SB2407 set in motion and how schools can be ready on day one.

Stakes change learning. How a free national scholarship competition motivates students grades can't reach, plus a playbook for running one in class.

Georgia's Class of 2028 must complete a half-credit personal financial literacy course. How the flexible credit works and how districts should use it.

Why a financial literacy curriculum and stock market simulator work best as one integrated program, plus four design principles for evaluating any option.