FAFSA Night: What Happens, What to Bring, and How a School Plans One (2027–28)
What happens at a FAFSA night or workshop, what to bring, and how a school plans one: a 60-day timeline, partners and follow-up for the 2027–28 FAFSA.
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Budgeting Games for Students: What's Free, What Fits in One Class Period
Budgeting games for students that fit one class period: real minutes, what's free, what each one teaches, and a 10-minute debrief routine.
CSS Profile vs FAFSA: What Each Form Is, What It Costs, and Which You Need
CSS Profile vs FAFSA for parents: which colleges use each, what each asks, costs and fee waivers, 2027-28 timing, and a checklist for which forms to file.
AP Business with Personal Finance vs. a Standalone Personal Finance Course: Which Does Your School Need?
Should your school replace its personal finance course with AP Business with Personal Finance, add it, or wait? A side-by-side for districts and teachers.
The Business Canvas Project: How to Teach the Finance Appendix
How to get AP Business students through the Business Canvas Project finance appendix, with a worked projected income statement they can defend on exam day.
The Financial Advisor Project: How to Get Advice Students Can Defend
How to run the AP Business Financial Advisor Project so students give specific, defensible advice, using a live portfolio and real market history.
How to Teach AP Business with Personal Finance in Its First Year
A first-year plan for AP Business with Personal Finance: authorization, the textbook budget, pacing to May 4, both projects and the finance strand.
Where Personal Finance Shows Up in AP Business with Personal Finance, Unit by Unit
Where personal finance sits in AP Business with Personal Finance, unit by unit: the topics, class time, exam weight and the standards behind it.
FAFSA for Parents: What You Do, What You Sign, and When It's Due (2027–28)
Parents: what you do on the 2027-28 FAFSA, who counts as the parent, the documents to gather, and the federal, state and college deadlines in one table.
Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement in Rhode Island
Rhode Island's requirement, in effect since the Class of 2024, lets schools choose a course, project or assessment. What that means for districts.
Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement in Oregon
Oregon's Personal Financial Education requirement under SB 3 applies to the Class of 2027. What the half-credit course requires and where to start.
Financial Literacy Graduation Requirement in Nebraska
Nebraska's Financial Literacy Act has required a standalone course since the Class of 2024. What LB 452 requires and how to build the course well.