Built for the Minnesota Requirement
Bring Start Smart to Your Classroom
Minnesota now requires personal finance for high school graduation.
Start Smart Money Basics is a classroom-tested resource designed by a Minnesota teacher, ready for the new standard.
Classroom Tested
Piloted at Hopkins High School with 60 students and a veteran teacher.
Aligned to the Standard
Built around the topics Minnesota now requires for graduation.
Written by a Teacher
35 years in Minnesota classrooms. Music Educator of the Year.
The Hopkins High School Pilot
“Students engaged with the material in a way I haven’t seen with other personal finance curricula. The Start Smart Crew makes the concepts memorable, and the tools are something they’ll actually use after graduation.” – Dale Braaten, Hopkins High School