The peer-to-peer curriculums use video and audio, games and music in a modular system to teach critical thinking skills and habits that can travel with a consumer through life.
The Initiative, for instance, appears to be one of the most effective in reaching vulnerable young people with meaningful education, rather than programs sponsored by business.
FoolProof is a program designed by young people from across the world to help educate students about financial decisions in a friendly video format using real-life stories.
The best part is that FoolProof can be used for free by anyone, no matter their financial aptitude, to help (young) people learn about money and the power of healthy skepticism.
FoolProof also teaches financial literacy topics required by the Council of Economic Education.