April isn’t just Financial Literacy Month—it’s also the time when many students and families are making big decisions about college. From choosing the right school to figuring out how to pay for it, this month is all about setting the foundation for a financially secure future. It’s the perfect opportunity to bring financial literacy into your classroom and help your students make informed choices about their education and beyond.

Episodes 3–5 of Financially Inclined are especially timely for April. Check out the episodes below, and be sure to use the accompanying teacher slides and student worksheets linked below as they pair with each episode and are perfect for sparking discussions in the classroom.

Episode 3: College is a financial decision

Click here for resources to pair with episode 3. 

Support Financially Inclined by subscribing now. You can catch new episodes on your preferred podcast platform or watch the video versions on YouTube. The first two episodes of season 4 are available now!

Episode 4: Paying for college

Click here for resources to pair with episode 4. 

Episode 5: Going green with your money

Click here for resources to pair with episode 5.

Share with other educators, and send the link out to parents as well! Encourage everyone to join the conversation! Share your thoughts, suggest a topic or have your students submit questions to the team via email at financiallyinclined@marketplace.org

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!

More posts by Yanely