California · Standards alignment

What QuantAim covers for California

QuantAim's curriculum is mapped to the six topic areas of the National Standards for Personal Financial Education (Council for Economic Education and the Jump$tart Coalition, 2021) - the framework most state personal-finance graduation requirements are written against, including California's.

Lesson counts below are live from the curriculum, not a brochure figure. For a mapping against California Department of Education's own published codes, ask us - we'll prepare it for your district.

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I Earning Income 5 lessons

Career choices, education and training, taxes, benefits, and how income is generated over a lifetime.

Career Choice as an Investment in Human Capital
Employment Types and Benefits
Gross Pay, Net Pay, and Reading a Paycheck
Negotiating Pay and Understanding Total Compensation
Side Income and Multiple Income Streams

II Spending 5 lessons

Budgeting, evaluating purchases, comparison shopping, and the trade-offs behind spending decisions.

Building a Budget That Actually Works
Buying a Car: The True Cost of Ownership
Comparison Shopping and Avoiding Common Spending Traps
Needs, Wants, and Lifestyle Inflation
Renting vs. Buying a Home

III Saving 5 lessons

Reasons to save, compound interest, savings vehicles, emergency funds, and deposit insurance.

Compound Interest and the Power of Starting Early
Emergency Funds: Why and How Much
How Banks and Savings Accounts Work
Inflation and Why Cash Loses Value Over Time
Setting and Achieving Savings Goals

IV Investing 5 lessons

How investments grow wealth over time, risk and return, diversification, asset classes, and costs/fees.

Diversification and Risk Tolerance
Opening and Using a Brokerage Account
Retirement Accounts: 401(k), IRA, and Tax Treatment
Stocks, Bonds, and ETFs: The Basics
Why Investment Fees Matter More Than They Seem

V Managing Credit 5 lessons

How credit works, interest and fees, credit reports and scores, debt management, and borrowing costs.

Credit Scores: What They Are and What Moves Them
Getting Out of Debt
Good Debt, Bad Debt, and the Real Cost of Interest
How Credit Cards Actually Work
Student Loans: Federal vs. Private, and Repayment

VI Managing Risk 5 lessons

Insurance, protecting assets and identity, fraud, and strategies for managing financial risk.

Consumer Protection and Your Rights
Filing Your Taxes: A Practical Walkthrough
Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Protection
Insurance Basics: Transferring Risk
Understanding Your Taxes

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