This week we host Christine Bell, Julius Prezelski, Joey Running, Jim Hennebery who will share their experiences starting and running an investment club. Their experience and schools vary and their collective story provides nuggets of wisdom for any educator looking to start or improve their own investment club. 

When it comes to writing a personal finance book for teens, who could be better suited than an educator who spends 180 days a year teaching them? Jake Cousineau took his experience teaching personal finance at a high school in California and translated that into a book that would expand his impact beyond the classroom walls. In this conversation, Jake shares how he managed to change his money mindset, why storytelling is such an effective teaching method and how he makes personal finance tangible and approachable for this students. He discusses why he decided to write a book and what he hopes to accomplish with it. Enjoy!

This week on the NGPF Podcast, you will enjoy this conversation with Dr. Naomi Zewde whose research on Baby Bonds has caught the attention of policymakers looking for strategies to close the racial wealth gap. 

We are thrilled to host Trina Grey and Jonathan May who work with recent high school graduates with disabilities, and our newest team member Kathryn Dawson, a former special education teacher. Together, they are going to walk us through the journey of many special education students, from high school to just following graduation. You’ll hear from them what is most important for teachers to know about how they can be supported.

This week's podcast starts with Yanely describing what high schoolers need to know about LinkedIn. Next, I talk to Kiara Slaton of Palm Beach Gardens Community High School (FL). She stepped up to lead the new personal finance course at her school. Kiara shares why she cares so much about personal finance, her approach to grabbing students' attention and how she weaves an aspirational tone into her class. Enjoy! 

After a successful career in finance, Örn Valdimarsson has made it his mission to improve financial education in his home country of Iceland. In this NGPF podcast, Örn describes what motivated him to teach, what topics he prioritizes in his classroom based on student interest as well as the bigger picture on the state of financial education in Iceland. What makes me think I have the best job on the planet is opportunities to meet people across the world like Orn who are kindred souls when it comes to believing in the power of financial education. Enjoy! 

We recently caught up with a group of NGPF Fellows to discuss with them how they are motivating students to file their FAFSAs. With national FAFSA filing rates continue to lag from years past, their ideas are particularly important right now.

Call it serendipity. Who knew that Ty Allan Jackson's son setting up a successful lemonade stand would set in motion an amazing sequence of events? A fruitless trip to a book store in search of a kid's book about money led to Ty writing that book. When outreach to 147 publishers came up empty, Ty persisted and went the self-publishing route. Later, Abdullah would reach out to Ty and the collaboration would lead to a curriculum built around the Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire book. Listen to this podcast to hear this story and more. Enjoy!

Welcome to the third series of My Classroom, a 15-minute weekly NGPF podcast series that will highlight four rock star teachers who took unique paths to the classroom and collectively attended more than 600 hours of virtual professional development with NGPF in 2020. We will learn what remote teaching strategies they enjoy the most and how they use these strategies and the information they have learned in their own instruction. We invite you to listen to this podcast on your drive to or from work, on a quick walk, or just when you need a little inspiration and encouragement.

They are the next generation coming of age and they are passionate advocates for financial education and are taking action. Listen to Armita discuss why she wrote a book and hear from Andrew about his motivation to start a non-profit. Inspiring stuff! Enjoy!