School Budgeting Competitions: Engaging Students with Friendly Money Rivalry
Why Competition Works Where Lectures Don’t Money lessons often fall flat when they’re presented as theory. Spreadsheets, worksheets, or talks about “saving for the future” rarely spark energy in a classroom. But introduce competition and everything changes. Give students a challenge, a leaderboard and a prize, and suddenly financial education becomes alive . That’s the secret behind school budgeting competitions — a fun, structured way to teach real money skills that last far beyond the...
