Searching the NGPF website just got better...a heckuva lot better! 

We know how much you like searching our site..in fact, in 2018, you have already searched for over 500 unique terms on our website.

Here's the top 10 keywords that you are searching for:

1. PAYBACK and PAYBACK Challenge (last day to send in your essay is Friday, March 30th! More details here)
2. Answer Key: Check out our Help Center for details on how to obtain Answer Keys. It starts with opening a Teacher Account (upper right of our home page)
3. Budgeting
4. Taxes
5. Insurance
6. Identity Theft
7. Question of the Day
8. Investing
9. Resume
10. Checking

Here's how search got better:

• More accurate: The search algorithm now goes deeper into the activity descriptions so you will get more matches that are exactly what you are looking for! 
• More NGPF resource categories: The Search Results Page now categorizes matches in 13 (yes, 13) different NGPF resource categories so you can find what you are looking for faster. 
  • Looking for different ways to deliver a concept like identity theft? You can pick from lessons, activities, questions of the day, blog posts, quiz games & more to bring this concept to life for your students.
  • Trying to find good content on a particular topic like Behavioral Finance? search the term and you'll find all of the blog posts, podcasts, and videos we have on that topic!
• More better layout (lol!); I had to keep the "more" theme going, but I think you will enjoy your ability to stay on the Search page as you sideways scroll through resources in a given category Netflix-style. You can also click "See More" to browse all of the search hits under that heading at a glance.

Please drop Melissa a note at melissa@ngpf.org to let her know about your experience with the new and improved SEARCH function on our website. 

About the Authors

Melissa Belardi

Melissa is extremely passionate about making abstract ideas more tangible for students. After teaching High School Physical Science for 5 years on the east coast, she has made the switch to a nonprofit in the hopes of reaching all types of learners. In her experience, students were interested in learning more about personal finance and she believes that all students should have access to this material. She first gained insight into inquiry-based and project style learning during her Masters in Education at the University of Pennsylvania GSE and believes these methods are ideal for students to connect financial concepts with their lives. Other than creating learning materials, Melissa loves live music, great food, and playing soccer.

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.