Feature Updates: Easier access to managing quizzes
On February 20, 2024 in What's New by Robbie Kaminski
We've made a few updates to Teacher Home to make managing quizzes even easier.

What's New for this school year? Use your emergency fund for emergencies! Plus more...
On September 8, 2023 in What's New by Robbie Kaminski
At Budget Challenge, we pride ourselves on listening to teacher and student feedback and improving our program each year. This year is no different, so here's a quick overview of what we have in store for the 2023-24 school year.

NEW: Have your students register now for spring classes! Here's How
On November 17, 2022 in What's New by Robbie Kaminski
Over the past few years, we have added significantly more curriculum content and flexibility for our teachers. One of the most significant areas of feedback we receive is extending Budget Challenge to fill a semester. Since we published the textbook, we've decided to allow our schedule to be expandable so that teachers can cover all of the content.

Announcing a new engagement meter on Student Home!
On September 28, 2022 in What's New by Robbie Kaminski
The Budget Challenge Engagement Score is a valuable measure of a student’s positive participation in the simulation. Students now can easily see their engagement on their Student Homepage immediately upon login.

What's New in 2022-2023
On June 10, 2022 in What's New by Tara Kirby
2022-2023 Budget Challenge is better than ever! We have updated our award-winning simulation and textbook and added new teaching tools and resources. Budget Challenge is the only program that teaches all 127 of the CEE/Jump$tart National Standards for Personal Financial Education. Our program is the most realistic and relevant available. And it is the only one that instills financial capability by letting students manage all the finances of an independent young adult in real-time for ten weeks while they attempt to accomplish important financial goals most adults struggle with.

Introducing our New Default Curriculum Schedule for 2021
On September 16, 2021 in Tips and Tricks, What's New by Robbie Kaminski
We've developed a comprehensive curriculum to cover more topics. Our default curriculum and quiz schedule now starts 3 weeks prior to the simulation start date in order to fit in as much as possible.

New Teacher Features: Customizable Curriculum and Quiz Tools
On February 8, 2021 in Distance Learning Tool, What's New by Tara Kirby
Teachers now have the ability to customize their classes' default curriculum and quiz schedule. By default, each simulation has units and their accompanying quizzes opening in a staggered fashion each week starting on Thursdays. To support as much flexibility as possible, all quizzes are open to take until the last day of the simulation.