Happy New Year!  It has been great to see our readership grow over the past few months and the topics of most interest to you.  In looking through the list, a few patterns emerge:

• You like the Questions of the Day which are compelling ways to engage your students in personal finance topics.
• You are interested in wide range of topics.  Just looking at the top five, the subjects include spending, college ROI, investing, savings and checking.
• Two of the case study posts made it to the top ten.  This will be an area that we will expand in 2015 as we see it as a useful way to engage students and have them apply their learning.

Here are our top 10 posts for 2014:

1. Question of the Day: What do High School Students Spend Most of Their Money On?
2. Question of the Day: What Is The Lifetime Value of A College Education (By Major)?
3. Question of the Day: What is the S&P500?
4. Question of the Day: What’s The Highest Interest Rate I Can Earn on a Standard Savings Account?
5. Lesson idea: How To Choose A Checking Account
6. Boeing 401K Plan: The Case of the Missing Millions
7. Question of the Day: What Is Preferred Method of Payment For Consumers? Cash, Debit or Credit?
8. Question of the Day: Would You Rather Have $1,000,000 or Double Your Money Every Day for 30 Days Starting With A Penny?
9. Case Study: Millionaire or Not?
10. Question of the Day (and Current Event too!): What Does the Federal Reserve Do?

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.