Bringing free, independent and objective financial education to every student in Alabama
Financial literacy, a critical skill for navigating in today’s society varies significantly across sociodemographic groups. Financial knowledge is positively correlated with age and income, lower among women, and substantially lower among Blacks and Hispanics due to lack of access to accurate information.
Recognizing that financial literacy skills are essential for success in career and life, we sponsor FoolProofAlabama, providing middle and high school students, and their teachers financial literacy and life skills resources developed by FoolProof Foundation, free of charge.
Program Resources
This program includes nine modules for middle school and 19 modules for high school. The curriculum is agenda-free and teaches students critical thinking and smart consumer habits, such as making thoughtful choices toward their goals, healthy skepticism, and avoiding scams. The educational resources are also available in Spanish.
FoolProofAlabama meets Alabama’s financial literacy standards for 9-12 grades, as well as the Council for Economic Education standards and guidelines for financial competency.
Program Impact
FoolProof Alabama was launched in Birmingham School District in 2022 following a successful pilot at Booker T. Washington K-8 Middle School were 210 6th and 7th grade students were given access to its learning modules. Today, 1,100 8th grade students at nine middle schools in Birmingham are using FoolProofFridays, our sponsored financial literacy and life skills program every week.
Next
FoolProofAlabama high school learning modules will roll-out in the Greater Birmingham area in 2023 school year, which will enable students to fulfill the financial literacy requirements for high school graduation mandated by the Alabama state legislature.
Statewide expansion
Our goal is to bring FoolProofAlabama free of charge to all middle and high school students with access to internet in Alabama. We are seeking co-sponsorship for this statewide expansion.
