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Delaware Becomes the 30th State to Require a High School Course About Personal Finance
Oct 09, 2025 - On Oct. 9, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed HB 203, a bill that requires high school students to complete, at a minimum, a half credit course on financial literacy in order to graduate. Delaware is the 30th state to require a course dedicated to personal financial literacy for high school students. By 2030, more than 75 percent of U.S. high school students will be guaranteed to take a Personal Finance course. Representative Jeff Hilovsky (R - Oak Orchard, Long Neck, Angola) was the...
FinCap Friday: Tax Facts
Oct 09, 2025 - Yesterday, the IRS released the 2026 income tax brackets along with other inflation adjustments that will apply when Americans file taxes in early 2027. While the headlines focus on bigger standard deductions and new thresholds for each rate, here’s the catch: many people still misunderstand how marginal tax rates actually work. That’s why this week’s episode of FinCap Friday breaks it all down: You can click here to access the Kahoot quiz and discussion prompt. If you're...
NGPF Podcast: Mykail James, MBA, Co-author of “Personal Finance for Teens”
Oct 08, 2025 - Personal finance educator Mykail James (a.k.a. @theboujeebudgeter) joins Yanely to tackle the “in-between” stage, meaning those teens and young adults who aren’t kids anymore but aren’t quite adults either. She shares how to meet students where they are with empathy, inclusive language, and real-world money lessons they’ll actually relate to. Mykail James, MBA, Co-author of “Personal Finance for Teens (for Dummies)” Mykail shares why she targets...
Question of the Day: What percent of American families invest in the stock market?
Oct 08, 2025 - Take a guess - is it 27%, 45%, 58%, or 74%? Answer: 58% Questions: Write a title for the graph. This data is from a 2022 Federal Reserve survey. Do you think more families have invested since then? Only 21% of families own individual stocks. Why do you think that most investors choose funds (collections of stocks) rather than individual stocks? Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (Federal...
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