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Over the years, we have loved discovering and using incredible tools that empower educators and engage students. If you know of a great resource we should feature, please let us know through our Contact Us page!
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF)
This premier organization provides an extraordinary collection of free resources for educators nationwide.
One of the top places to find standards-aligned personal finance lessons for middle and high school students. The best part? Everything is completely free!
An unmatched lineup of educational games that tie directly into classroom topics.
Our top pick is Build Your Stax, which gives students the hands-on experience of investing over a simulated 20-year period in just 20 minutes.
On Demand Professional Development
NGPF offers flexible, engaging, and free professional development for teachers covering topics from Crypto to Minimum Wage. Recommended modules include Mutual Funds vs. ETFs, FinTech Apps, and $7.25 – The Minimum Wage.
Everfi provides interactive online learning modules across dozens of real-world topics, serving as an exceptional supplement to core instruction.
Excellent grade-level options include Vault (6th grade), FutureSmart(7th grade), and Smart Economics (8th grade). Vault remains a student favorite year after year!
A premiere annual conference for educators. In 2025, GreatCents had the privilege of presenting as a main speaker, sharing strategies for building hands-on classroom economies.
Nebraska Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
NCEE plays a leading role in personal finance education, equipping Nebraska teachers and students with top-tier tools and programs.
If you are launching or updating a Personal Finance class, this is the essential starting point for high-quality, free teaching materials. Reach out to the NCEE team and they will get your course fully set up.
NCEE hosts interactive statewide programs that take classroom learning to the next level. Engage your students with the Nebraska Stock Market Game, Personal Finance Challenge, School Savings Programs, or even a Financial Literacy Concert!
Virtual Professional Development
Access flexible, recorded workshops covering foundational economic and financial topics—including their popular deep-dive session on Capitalism vs. Socialism.
Council for Economic Education (CEE)
CEE leads national efforts to advocate for financial literacy in K-12 education, providing benchmark standards and nationwide professional networking events.
National K-12 Personal Finance Standards
The foundational national framework outlining core financial concepts, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations for K-12 students.
Conferences & Featured Presentations
CEE connects educators across the country through premier learning events. Explore our featured presentation slides and session materials shared directly from GreatCents conference presentations.
Thriving in the Digital Age with Your Feet on the Ground
Learning Through Experience
Social Emotional Learning and Personal Finances
Federal Reserve Education (FRE)
A centralized portal bringing together free educational tools, classroom physical items, and interactive media created by Federal Reserve Banks nationwide.
High-quality, eye-catching posters designed for classroom displays. Perfect for anchoring financial lessons, decorating room walls, and sparking meaningful student discussions.
Incredible, full-length educational comic books available for free physical order. They turn complex economic and financial concepts into fun, narrative stories that students genuinely enjoy reading.
A handy deck of physical reference cards providing clear, succinct, and easy-to-digest definitions for key personal finance and economic vocabulary.
Hosted by the St. Louis Fed, this premier database provides real-time economic graphs, historical financial trends, and interactive data literacy tools for student research and classroom analysis.
A go-to reference for practical financial comparisons, clear breakdowns of credit cards and banking tools, and real-world consumer guides.
The gold standard for financial dictionaries, clear explanations of complex investing terms, and step-by-step market tutorials.
Powered by the Council for Economic Education, this portal provides hundreds of free, searchable K-12 economics and personal finance lesson plans.
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