Looking for new ideas for your classroom for 2016? The NGPF Blog can be a useful place to find charts for your students to analyze, questions of the day to use as bell ringers to get class off to a good start or current events to stay atop trends in personal finance.

Here were the top 10 NGPF blog posts for 2015 (as of December 23rd)…drumroll please:

1. Question of the Day: How Much Does the Average Meal Plan Cost?
2. Chart: How Much Is That College Major Worth?
3. Question of the Day:  What Fraction of U.S. Millionaires are Professional Athletes?
4. Activity Idea: How To Make Credit Scores Engaging
5. Question of the Day: What’s the Average Number of Times a Customer Overdraws Their Checking Account?
6. Simulation: How Does Online Banking Work?
7. Activity Idea: Student Loan Repayment
8. Looking for Great Hands-On Budgeting Activity?
9. Video: Why Are Teenagers So Brand Conscious?
10. Simulation: Think You Can Time the Market?

About the Author

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.