Highlights include updated financial education
courses, a new health and wellness course, and new platform
features for educators
CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 7, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- EVERFI® from Blackbaud®, the leader in powering
social impact through education, is releasing new and updated K-12
digital resources to its learning platform, just in time for the
new school year. Updates include covering important topics like
developing smart money habits, the potential benefits of working
with a financial advisor, the impact of stress on health and
wellness, preparing for taxes, and the use of nonviolent resistance
during the Civil Rights Movement.
New and updated resources for the 2024-25 school year
include:
- EVERFI: Financial Literacy for High School® - EVERFI's
flagship financial education resource, used by more than 786,000
students during the 2023-24 school year, teaches students how to
make informed financial decisions that promote financial well-being
over their lifetime. Updates for the new school year include
aligning the program material to more comprehensively meet national
and state financial education standards through expanded learning
objectives. Additionally, the program includes bite-sized lessons
that provide more flexibility for teachers when assigning content,
new interactive elements for increased student engagement, and will
provide greater accessibility for all learners.
- Marketplaces: Investing Basics™ - Sponsored in
the United States and Canada by Edward
Jones, Marketplaces is an introduction to investing
and financial markets resource that provides students with an
understanding of how markets work while building their confidence
to invest toward their future goals. The resource has been updated
to focus exclusively on investing, ensuring students feel confident
with both the concepts and skills necessary to participate in
today's market. The resource also has additional investing content,
including a brand-new lesson where students learn the potential
benefits of working with a financial advisor. Additionally,
increased interactivity and accessibility have been built out in
this updated resource.
- Tax Simulation: Understanding Taxes™ - The tax
simulation developed in partnership with and sponsored nationwide
by Intuit for Education, was previously included within EVERFI:
Financial Literacy. Educators are now able to access the tax
simulation as a standalone resource, providing greater flexibility
in sharing this content with students. To enhance and deepen the
learning experience, several videos are featured in the resource
covering topics like summarizing a 1099 form, calculating tax
requirements, and paying for post-secondary education.
- Healthier Me: Intro to Wellness™ - The reimagined
program is replacing EVERFI's previous elementary and middle school
health curricula. It includes new and improved content to align
with current National Health Education Standards. By taking a
whole-person approach, the learning experience focuses on overall
physical, emotional, and social wellness to guide students toward
making healthy choices for their whole selves. The program also
features increased technical accessibility for learners using
assistive technology.
- 306: Black History – Continuing the Story™- Through a
partnership with The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent
Social Change, EVERFI is adding a fifth lesson to the 306
program. Using a first-person narrative, the new lesson looks at
the development of the philosophy of nonviolence. Learners will
explore connections among the ongoing struggle for civil and human
rights in India in the early
1900's, the use of nonviolent resistance during the Civil Rights
Movement, and the use of nonviolence in the present day to confront
injustices.
"Our goal is to ensure that the digital resources we are
designing and delivering to K-12 schools are not just cutting-edge
and innovative, but that they integrate teacher feedback and are
aligned with current standards," said Alice
Lee, senior vice president, K-12 implementation at EVERFI
from Blackbaud. "These new and updated programs cover a range of
critical topics that teachers and students alike have been asking
for. We are excited to roll these updates out for the new school
year and to be able to support teachers and students across the
country."
In addition to program updates, EVERFI is also rolling out new
platform features for the upcoming school year. The platform
updates are the direct result of educator feedback obtained during
the last school year and are designed to improve functionality,
flexibility, and answer calls for increased login options.
New platform features available on the teacher dashboard in the
2024-25 school year include a new Financial Literacy for High
School Collection, a program lock/unlock feature for teachers, and
the addition of Google Single Sign-On (SSO).
The Financial Literacy for High School Collection
makes it easier for educators to provide students with a sequence
of financial education content aligned to standards. The Collection
is a series of resources that pair well together to more
comprehensively address state and national standards and provide an
enhanced, cohesive learning experience for students. The resources
can be taken in whatever order is most suitable for a teacher's
classroom and learning objectives. Teachers can easily assign these
complementary resources through a brand-new "+ Add All to Class"
button.
The lock/unlock program feature allows educators to
control what resources are visible in their Students' Dashboards.
Teachers can shift a program to "locked" to hide it from students
until they are ready to teach the content. They can come back to
their My Classes tab when they are ready to "unlock" the program
for their students. This new feature offers educators added
flexibility and is in response to educators' requests to have more
control over their student's dashboards and to not overwhelm them
with the amount of content they may be assigned to work
through.
Lastly, EVERFI is rolling out Google SSO as another option for
educators and students to log in during the upcoming school year.
This additional login option will provide users with increased ease
of access to EVERFI's learning platform and library of courses.
"Providing teachers with an educational platform that meets
their needs and is easy to use is always top of mind for us and the
features we are rolling out for the 2024-25 school year are some of
the most requested updates from teachers," said Dan Grace, head of product, EVERFI from
Blackbaud. "Both the Collection and lock/unlock features provide
teachers greater control and flexibility when assigning programs to
students and we're excited to hear how these platform updates
improve the overall experience for both teachers and students."
About EVERFI from Blackbaud
EVERFI® from Blackbaud®
(NASDAQ: BLKB) is an international technology company driving
social impact through education to address the most challenging
issues affecting society ranging from financial wellness to mental
health to workplace conduct and other critical topics. Founded in
2008, EVERFI's Impact-as-a-Service™ solution and digital
educational content have reached more than 45 million learners
globally. In 2020, the company was recognized as one of the World's
Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and was featured on
Fortune Magazine's Impact 20 List. The company was also named to
the 2021 GSV EdTech 150, a list of the most transformative growth
companies in digital learning. Blackbaud acquired EVERFI in
December 2021. To learn more about
EVERFI, please visit everfi.com or follow us on Facebook,
Instagram, LinkedIn, or X/Twitter @EVERFI.
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