National Financial Capability Challenge

Michigan school leaders can support U.S. efforts to get our economy on track while opening doors for their students. How? By encouraging high school students in your district to take the National Financial Capability Challenge by April 9, 2010. The Challenge is an awards program for educators and high school students that aims to encourage the teaching of personal finance.

Michigan JumpStart Coalition, the premier advocate for youth financial literacy for the State of Michigan, is joining a national effort to get one million high school students to take the Challenge, which includes a voluntary online exam, by April 9, 2010. To make that happen, they need superintendents, principals and teachers from across the country to register and get their students prepared. Two thousand educators have already signed up, but there is a long way to go.

How you can help
Encourage high school teachers – and other educators working with high school
students age 13-19, such as librarians, youth group leaders, and after-school program staff – to encourage students to sign up for the Challenge at http://challenge.treas.gov by March 14.

How to start

1. View the video message from Secretary Duncan
2. Register for the Challenge by March 14th
3. Recruit their colleagues to participate (flier available here)
4. Prepare their students (using the free educator toolkit or their own resources)
5. Administer the online exam one day between March 15th and April 9th
6. Present official (printable) awards certificates to high-scoring students

Learn more about the Challenge…
Learn more about Michigan JumpStart Coalition…