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Financial + Economic Education

Online interactive teaching resource for elementary & middle school students

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What is $martPath?

$martPath is an engaging, interactive and easy-to-use way for elementary and middle school teachers to embed relevant and fun economic and financial education in their classrooms, to boost students' financial literacy. Our content is aligned to content standards in math, social studies, and financial education to make it easy to insert into lesson plans. And the best part?
It's free!

$martPath was created by the Alpaugh Family Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati. The Center is a leading nonprofit organization in the K-8 financial education space in the U.S.

Did we mention it is free? Sign up for an account to get access to our full suite of financial literacy education tools.

SmartPath Platform

Register or log into the $martPath Platform and easily integrate financial literacy concepts into your existing lesson plans

All Access

Explore lesson plans and supports for students with disabilities

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Resources that provide a framework for meaningful discussions about equity in the classroom

$martPath in Spanish

We've translated much of our financial literacy platform into Spanish to meet the needs of students who are English learners

Videos

Explore our Emmy award winning stand alone videos that teach students economic concepts

Sponsor $martPath

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How to teach elementary and middle school students about finances and economics?

Meet $martPath

  • Data-Backed Boost In Financial Literacy

    Data demonstrates a 30-35% average improvement of student knowledge

  • Used By Teachers Nationwide

    Tens of thousands of teachers in all 50 states have used $martPath

  • New, Inclusive $martPath Supports

    All children need to be financially literate, but engaging financial education materials for students with cognitive delays were hard to find. So we created them in $martPath All-Access

Start Teaching Financial Literacy Confidently

$martPath makes it quick and easy to integrate financial literacy curriculum in your existing K-8 lesson plans.

the smartpath platform on several different sized devices

"Teaching elementary economics is not easy. Concepts can be abstract and real-world but students do not always have experience with real money. This program made it easy to teach the real econ concepts with clips, quizzes and homework/class discussions. I will use this again each year with my after school and kindergarten students. It helps to bring in understanding that can be difficult to filter into an elementary setting."

- Tamara O,
Lewis Anna Woodbury Elementary