Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance FREE Grades 6-12 Personal Finance, Financial Algebra, and Econ curriculum paired with FREE teacher PD

Co-founder Tim Ranzetta spent years teaching personal finance in East Palo Alto, struggling to find quality materials to engage his students, and decided to create a better solution. Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) offers a free, constantly updated hub of curated personal finance, financial algebra, and economics lessons to engage students in thinking critically about money and providing decision

-making strategies to empower students to shape their financial futures. To serve and empower teachers, NGPF offers:
- flexibility to teach entire units or pull individual activities on specific skills;
- prepared lesson guides and teacher prep materials, ready-to-use student activity packets created by experienced personal finance educators;
- versatility to teach in any environment, from a 1:1 laptop/tablet classroom to traditional pencil and paper;
- engaging learning opportunities with a combination of self-directed exploration and group collaboration that requires critical thinking and multiple perspectives;
- built-in, Common Core- and Jump$tart-aligned assessments;
- comprehension questions for formative assessment;
- performance tasks that engage students in developing strategies they can immediately apply to their own personal finance decisions. Through partnering with teachers, NGPF equips students with:
- engaging content that blends a variety of articles, videos and activities
- real-world personal finance simulations to prepare students for the decisions they will face in college and beyond;
- opportunities to work in a self-driven environment where students are truly in control of shaping their own financial futures. The passionate educators comprising Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF), a non-profit organization, believe all young people deserve a free, quality education to take control of their financial futures.

A great FinCamp in Austin yesterday! One attendee said, "I am new to NGPF, so everything was much appreciated! I am exci...
06/10/2026

A great FinCamp in Austin yesterday! One attendee said, "I am new to NGPF, so everything was much appreciated! I am excited to go home, explore more of its resources and plan out my Fall semester. I enjoyed the day."

That's a wrap on FinCamp: Columbia! Great energy today from 57 educators. After the Teach Investing with Confidence sess...
06/04/2026

That's a wrap on FinCamp: Columbia! Great energy today from 57 educators.

After the Teach Investing with Confidence session, one attendee said, "I learned a lot more from that one session than I have learned from numerous investment books. I feel I can confidently teach the topic to students.

Another attendee said the FinCamp was "Great use of my time and well worth giving up a couple of my summer days."

FinCamp season is officially underway! Stop 1: Atlanta. Thank you to the 44 educators who joined us today. One attendee ...
06/02/2026

FinCamp season is officially underway! Stop 1: Atlanta. Thank you to the 44 educators who joined us today.

One attendee said: "I felt the entire session was effective. I can utilize everything I learned today in my classroom this year and in the future. I really enjoyed the move activities and the teach investing with confidence lesson. I can also bring this information back to my colleagues so they can use these resources in their classrooms."

We're thrilled to share NGPF's Arcade Game Shady Sam's Slick Wheels won Best Non-Profit Project for School-Age Education...
05/29/2026

We're thrilled to share NGPF's Arcade Game Shady Sam's Slick Wheels won Best Non-Profit Project for School-Age Education at the 2026 The MAIAwards this week!

Many thanks to the MAIAs' 23-person judging panel for the care they put into evaluating this year's record-breaking pool of entries, and congratulations to every fellow finalist, runner-up, and entrant. The work you're doing matters.

Read more: https://www.ngpf.org/blog/best-of/shady-sam-wins-at-the-oscars-of-financial-literacy/

Our Director of Educational Outreach Yanely Espinal (Missbehelpful) was on the Today Show this morning! Watch to hear he...
04/23/2026

Our Director of Educational Outreach Yanely Espinal (Missbehelpful) was on the Today Show this morning! Watch to hear her tips for how to talk to family about money.

A survey found that 62% of people do not discuss money with their loved ones, so Yanely Espinal, director of educational outreach at Next Gen Personal Finance, joins TODAY to share advice on how to start those important conversations. Tips include focusing on values and financial goals when discussi...

04/17/2026

More states around the country are introducing bills about financial education being a required class in public high schools. Tune into this week's episode of FinCap Friday with Missbehelpful to learn about the status of financial education in the U.S. today.

04/10/2026

This week's episode of FinCap Friday with Missbehelpful shares stories of celebs who landed on the wrong side of the IRS and provides tips on how to stay in their good graces.

Our FREE Financial Literacy Month virtual conference is this Saturday. Kick off the day with the duo behind Two Cents • ...
04/09/2026

Our FREE Financial Literacy Month virtual conference is this Saturday. Kick off the day with the duo behind Two Cents • PBS who will share their tips for making money topics accessible, engaging, and fun.

Register for their session and more: https://www.ngpf.org/events/

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