The Budget Challenge Blog

We've developed a comprehensive curriculum to cover more topics. Our default curriculum and quiz schedule now starts 3 weeks prior to the simulation start date in order to fit in as much as possible.

We recently asked Steve Stofelano, a business teacher in New York, a few questions about his Budget Challenge experience. Here's what he had to say.

At Budget Challenge, we work with our teacher partners to help create the next generation of financially capable young adults. But in our busy lives, it is easy to neglect our own finances. This might be a good time to do a quick financial tune-up by considering the four suggestions below.

Budget Challenge is doing its best to help assist our teachers during this new and unknown teaching environment. While it may seem overwhelming transitioning to distance learning, you really only need to spend a few minutes a day keeping up with the simulation.

Economics teacher Jason Eisele spearheaded an initiative to provide Budget Challenge for his school district. Fayette County Public Schools in Georgia had more than 1,000 students across seven schools in the county participate in a simulation this school year. We've asked Eisele to provide insight into his experience with the program.

In light of school closures caused by COVID-19, we've compiled a list of strategies to use with your students to help ease the transition to distance learning.

Linda VanDeWeghe just completed the simulation with her class. Read her success here.

First in the nation state-wide financial literacy grant pays off big for over 5000 Michigan students. Read the press release.

The teachers in Webster Central High School continue to impress us with their ability to implement Budget Challenge in the classroom and were recently featured in the Webster Herald.

Amanda Volz is a personal finance teacher that has been a top user of Budget Challenge since 2014. She has taught several hundred students using our simulation and has had a large proportion finish in the top 5% of students nationwide. Read our interview with Mrs. Volz.