Gold Standard School: A high school that requires ALL students take a standalone, one semester personal finance course in order to graduate.

We identified over 600 of these schools in the appendix of our recent groundbreaking research report "Who has access to financial education in America today?" Each of these schools recently received a poster to recognize their Gold Standard awesomeness. The  tweets are now rolling in with pics of the proud FinHeroes who ensure that ALL students at their schools are receiving the financial education they need to thrive in the future. Thank you for your commitment to financial education! 

If you are a Gold Standard School, tweet about and your school will be entered into a drawing for a $2,500 grant to support financial education at your school. Aspiring to be a Gold Standard School, check out our advocacy toolkit on our FinHero page and reach out and let us know how we can support you!

• Altoona Area High School (Altoona, PA)

• Menomonie High School (Menomonie, WI)

• Evergreen Park Community High School (Evergreen Park, IL)

• Triad High School (Troy, IL)

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.

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