Financial First Steps: Resources to Support High School Personal Finance Education

As more states require personal finance education for high school graduation, your school library will play a critical role in supporting students and educators. EBSCO can help you meet this moment.

Start With the Right Tools

Explore the practical resources below to assess your school’s readiness, strengthen existing programs and support equitable, engaging financial literacy instruction — whether your district is just getting started or refining what’s already in place. When you’re ready, request a free demo of FinancialFit, a personal finance education solution from EBSCOlearning.

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Personal Finance Education: Why Immediate Feedback Matters

Immediate feedback plays a key role in building financial understanding and confidence. Learn how timely, actionable feedback supports skill development and how school libraries can help deliver equitable, effective personal finance learning.

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Personal Finance Program Assessment

Already offering a personal finance course? Use this checklist to evaluate your current resources, identify gaps and plan for more consistent, standards-aligned financial literacy instruction across your school or district.

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Personal Finance Readiness Checklist

Preparing to meet new state graduation requirements? This checklist helps school libraries and districts assess readiness, identify resource needs and plan for successful personal finance implementation.

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FinancialFit At-a-Glance

Get a high-level look at the lessons, tools and assessments FinancialFit offers to help students build real-world financial skills — and to help libraries support instruction without added curation work.

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