{"id":129,"date":"2026-05-23T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:19:52","slug":"for-educators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/?page_id=129","title":{"rendered":"For Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Built for the Minnesota Requirement<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Bring Start Smart to Your Classroom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Minnesota now requires personal finance for high school graduation. <br>Start Smart Money Basics is a classroom-tested resource designed by a Minnesota teacher, ready for the new standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Classroom Tested<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Piloted at Hopkins High School with 60 students and a veteran teacher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Aligned to the Standard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Built around the topics Minnesota now requires for graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Written by a Teacher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">35 years in Minnesota classrooms. Music Educator of the Year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/60-students.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/60-students.png 200w, https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/60-students-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6b82c8a18d65d80dcfb92efd78285dc5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#003366\"><strong>The Hopkins High School Pilot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Students engaged with the material in a way I haven&#8217;t seen with other personal finance curricula. The Start Smart Crew makes the concepts memorable, and the tools are something they&#8217;ll actually use after graduation.&#8221; &#8211; Dale Braaten, Hopkins High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/?page_id=129\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayhawley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}