Author
Jennifer Degenhardt
Co-founder of Moneyling™, author, and curriculum developer with 30+ years of classroom experience
Jennifer Degenhardt is a Spanish teacher, author, and curriculum developer with more than 30 years of classroom experience. She is best known for her comprehensible novels that make language learning engaging and accessible for students.
As co-founder of Moneyling™, Jennifer has written multiple books and many vignettes that form the foundation of the Moneyling™ curriculum. She oversees the relatable, student-centered approach across all program content, so financial concepts connect with students’ real lives.
Jennifer combines her decades of classroom experience with her writing to make financial education accessible, engaging, and practical for teachers and students.
Profiles: puenteslanguage.com
More about the founders on the About page.
Articles by Jennifer Degenhardt (45)
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AI changed homework. Our worksheets print—and they are fully digital too.
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1EdTech TrustEd Apps Certified: assign FinEd where your students already are
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How Does This Align with Standards and Graduation Requirements?
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Whiteboard, Work Packet, or Fully Digital: Teach Moneyling Your Way
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How Much of the Program Will Students Need to Be on Their Computers?
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How Does This Fit Into an Already Overloaded Classroom?
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Do I Need to Be a Finance Expert to Teach This? Not Even Close.
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Will This Create More Prep Work? Actually, the Opposite.
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Is This Just Another “Outside Program”? Not Quite.
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Meet the Students!
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Spending money is easy. Spending it well takes intention.
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Saving That Sticks: Turning Financial Habits into Real-Life Skills
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Students are using AI anyway: a financial-literacy lesson design that rewards process, not copy-paste
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Quarterly financial literacy stocktake: small wins before finals week
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Financial Literacy Month: a fifteen-minute assembly loop that still teaches
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When every line feels essential: Cari, priorities, and spending under pressure
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Used car math beyond the monthly payment: Richie’s APR lesson in plain sight
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When cash moves at home: privacy, pressure, and how Beatriz’s story opens a safer lesson
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FAFSA and aid vocabulary juniors actually need (before panic season)
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Roommate money talks that do not ruin the lease: utilities, groceries, and boundaries
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Summer job prep: W-4s, paycheck stubs, and what “net pay” really means
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Phones, apps, and “silent” subscriptions: a one-period spending audit
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After acceptance letters: a decision matrix for seniors (not a rankings war)
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Prom, formals, and photos: teaching event budgets before the deposit deadline
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Spring break without financial whiplash: a classroom trip-budget loop
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Tax refunds and windfalls: a March-through-April lesson plan hook
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Employer match and 401(k) basics: what “free money” threads online get right
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Debt avalanche versus snowball: teaching payoff strategies without picking sides
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Mobile peer-to-peer payments: a financial literacy and safety unit
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Car loans: teaching APR, term length, and why the monthly payment lies
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Housing cost rules of thumb: teaching benchmarks without false precision
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First credit card and building credit: classroom guardrails for a heated topic
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AI scams and deepfakes: what students should know before they send money
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Compound interest, saving, and inflation: the triangle students still need
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Buy now, pay later: budgeting lesson for the checkout students already see
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Inflation, unit prices, and shrinkflation: grocery math that stays relevant
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Student loan literacy: principal, interest, and repayment terms without the politics
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Why is personal finance required in high school? State mandates explained
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What should a K–12 financial literacy curriculum include?
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How can teachers teach personal finance without extra prep burnout?
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Financial illiteracy, social feeds, and why the next generation still needs structured FinEd
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What should schools look for in an LMS for financial literacy?
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Does story-based financial literacy improve classroom engagement?
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How do schools measure financial literacy student outcomes?
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Jump$tart standards and your classroom
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