The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) offers the award-winning High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP), a free and flexible curriculum that has been proven to change students’ knowledge, actions and self-confidence about managing their money.
Money & Me is a hands-on experience that teaches teenagers the basics of money and how to make it work for them. The program covers budgeting, credit advantages and pitfalls, savings and checking accounts, how to save for a big purchase and investing for the future.
The brass|Student Program provides high schools with access to brass|Magazine, a personal finance publication written by young adults that delivers relevant content for classroom discussions and activities. The program also includes online resource centers for teachers and students, and the Credit Unions for College scholarship database.

LifeSmarts…the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a game show style competition for teenagers designed to better prepare them as responsible consumers in today’s dynamic marketplace. Questions cover personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, health and safety, technology and the environment.

Biz Kid$ is a fun, 30-minute PBS television series for kids about making and managing money. It highlights young entrepreneurs who have turned hobbies into successful businesses, raised funds for good causes and much more.

The Kid’s Cash Kit & Caboodle includes practical, hands-on tools to teach children and their families the basics of money management using the concepts of saving, spending and sharing.

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LifeSmarts


What is LifeSmarts?                                                                

LifeSmarts is the fast, fun, nationwide competition that prepares today’s young people to be tomorrow’s informed, responsible consumers and employees. Using game-show dynamics, the program adapts easily to a classroom, club or community organization.
LifeSmarts prepares students in grades 6-12 to safeguard their personal and financial well-being. With the support of coaches, players build valuable skills and knowledge in the areas of:

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• consumer rights;
• the environment;
• health & safety;
• technology; and
• finance.


LifeSmarts also uses young adults’ interest in the marketplace to motivate achievement across the board in reading, math, citizenship, leadership, financial literacy, communications, teamwork and workforce readiness.

Who can compete

LifeSmarts is open to youth from any school, group or community-based organization in every state and U.S. Territory. Students in grades 6-8 can compete at the junior varsity level in the online competition only. Students in grades 9-12 can compete at the varsity level, which includes the online competition and in-person state and national championships.

How to Compete

Teams compete in an Internet-based competition, anytime between September 12, 2011 and February 12, 2012, where players complete a series of three 20-question quizzes for a final score. The top five scores from each team are used to calculate the score. There will be no in-person NYS championship competition for the 2011-2012 season. The top NY scoring team from the online competition will move on to compete in the National Championship which will be held in Philadelphia, PA at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, Saturday April 21 through Tuesday April 24, 2012.

 

2010-2011 Competition Results

The NYS competition is coordinated by the New York Credit Union Foundation.

 

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