The Budget Challenge Blog

Jeanne White has taught for 19 years: 10 in middle school (in Texas) and 9 in high school overseas. Jeanne currently teaches at Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan.

David Edelman, a teacher from Union Square Academy for Health Sciences in New York City, joins the Budget Challenge blog as our first featured guest blogger! Read about how teaching personal finance intertwines with civic participation and how Mr. Edelman approaches the subjects of government and economics. In addition, Mr. Edelman explains the process of applying for a NEA grant, which he is using to cover the costs of Budget Challenge at his school.

Michele Moeller has been a Business Teacher for 23 years at Canon-McMillan High School in Canonsburg, PA. We asked to interview her about her experience using Budget Challenge. Here's what she had to say.

Rhiannon Miller, a teacher in South Park, Pennsylvania, has used Budget Challenge for the past four years. Read how she rewards her highest performing students.

Laura Abel, an accounting teacher in Kingwood, TX, has taught Budget Challenge in her classroom since 2015. We reached out to her to gain insight into how Budget Challenge is used to teach Personal Finance in her class. Here’s what she had to say.

We reached out to a longtime Budget Challenge user, Betsy Nilsen, to get her thoughts on using Budget Challenge to teach Personal Finance at Cape Elizabeth High School.

Cindy Quaid is the Business & Technology Department Chair and the Future Business Leaders of America Adviser at Santa Maria High School in Santa Maria CA. This is her 30th year teaching at her high school alma mater. She is a long-time user of Budget Challenge.

Credit unions have a mission to serve their community's financial needs. Schools have a mission to create financially capable young adults. As First Area Credit Union begins its fourth year of Budget Challenge sponsorship, COO Lynn McCoy and Swan Valley Michigan High School teacher David Dawson share how they are transforming lives through their joint efforts. Read about it in this week's blog post.

Tony Wright who is a Career and Technical Education teacher at Warren Mott High School in Warren, MI shared his vast Budget Challenge experience with us.

Robin Salai, a Business teacher at Fairmont Senior High School in WV, who has been using Budget Challenge for several years, shares her vast experience with us. She started teaching the class with 22 students and since then her class size has almost tripled. Salai was even featured in the Times West Virginian last year for using our program in her Personal Finance course.