Every module is aligned with the Council for Economic Education’s National Financial Education Standards, plus state standards.
Rapunzl's personal finance curriculum is designed for middle and high school classrooms that need rigorous content without adding planning friction for teachers. Schools can use the full library as a semester course, a unit-by-unit supplement, or a standards-aligned resource across math, economics, business, and CTE.
Instead of handing educators a static packet, Rapunzl combines lesson plans, presentations, assessments, articles, and an interactive simulator so students can practice the financial decisions they are learning about in class. That makes the curriculum more relevant for students and easier to implement for teachers.
Schools get a flexible personal finance curriculum with lessons that can stand alone or connect into a longer scope and sequence.
The curriculum supports schools serving a wide range of student needs, from foundational money skills to advanced investing topics.
The goal is not just to cover standards. It is to help students build durable financial habits through engaging, relevant instruction.
Rapunzl's two econ mini-games help put students in the decision-maker's seat and provide project-based learning opportunities to apply classroom learning.
Students set the federal funds rate through real historical scenarios — Volcker's inflation fight, 2008, the pandemic — and watch inflation and unemployment respond on a lag.
Students start as a loan clerk and work up to bank president: reading borrowers, pricing risk, and growing a loan book that earns without blowing up.
Some schools adopt Rapunzl as a full high school financial literacy course. Others use it to strengthen an existing class with ready-to-teach modules on budgeting, saving, credit, taxes, insurance, careers, and investing. Because the content is modular, schools can start where they have the most need and expand over time.
Build a complete personal finance course with enough depth to support graduation pathways and recurring instruction across the term.
Add targeted personal finance units to courses that already exist, from math to business to economics.
Districts can use the same curriculum framework across multiple schools while still giving teachers flexibility in pacing and delivery.
