Experience Meets Learning
Teach real-world finance and practical life skills with Banzai’s free interactive financial education platform.
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Financial Literacy
Used by over
120,000
teachers
In over
50%
of U.S. schools
Used by nearly
900
partners
Several
Millions
of people educated
Gamified Education
Students learn best by doing. Banzai’s games and resources allow kids to make mistakes, learn, and succeed from the safety of their classroom. Some of the life literacy skills they develop include:
Budgeting Saving Managing Debt Internet Safety Career Planning Soft Skills
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Automatic Grades. Easy Classroom Organization.
Instantly view student progress with a powerful grading interface.
Automatically graded units In-depth student decision reports Classroom analytics
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What Teachers Are Saying about Banzai
“My students love the program! I like the easy grading access, and the scenarios are fantastic. It was so easy to administer assignments, grade, and monitor progress.”
Teacher, Magnet Cove High School
Arkansas
“I love listening to the student conversations as they work through the assignments and realize how “hard” life can be even if they are only completing a simulation.”
Teacher, Hazleton Area School District
Wyoming
“There is no doubt in my mind that when students use technology to learn, it becomes fun, and Banzai is exactly that!”
Teacher, Auburn Junior High
New York
“The kids like that they did not have to watch videos like other programs they've done, and instead were able to interactively participate in the entire process.”
Teacher, Quincy Senior High School
Illinois
Learning Resources
Cover the most important aspects of each topic with offline and online resources.
In-depth articles Practical calculators Printable worksheets Physical workbooks Digital flashcards
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Meets State’s Standards
Banzai courses cover a wide range of essential topics while fulfilling your state’s standards of learning (SOL). Take a closer look at how each course aligns with your curriculum standards.
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Banzai packages life's most important skills into fun, interactive games.
GRADES 3-7 | ENGLISH & SPANISH
Elementary Personal Finance
By successfully running a lemonade stand, young students learn to track revenue and expenses, pay back loans, and work towards a savings goal.
GRADES 6-12 | ENGLISH & SPANISH
Middle School Personal Finance
Students save for future expenses while facing day-to-day budgeting scenarios and unexpected financial challenges.
GRADES 9-12 | ENGLISH & SPANISH
High School Personal Finance
In the most difficult finlit course, students attempt to buy a home by saving enough money, paying off debt, and boosting their credit.
GRADES 3-12 | ENGLISH
Digital Citizenship
Students learn to be savvy online citizens by practicing safety on the internet and learning about digital wellness.
GRADES 9+ | ENGLISH
College and Careers
Students learn about college expenses connected to their dream school and how to lower these costs through financial aid and scholarships.
Free Printed Workbooks
Challenge your students to practice critical thinking, math, and vocabulary through physical workbooks shipped directly to your school.
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Private and Secure
Banzai complies fully with restrictions set by COPPA and FERPA—we don't store personally identifiable information such as a student’s age, location, gender, or ethnicity.
Interested in sponsoring Banzai?
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of local banks and credit unions, Banzai is completely free for teachers and students.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How is Banzai free?Banzai financial literacy courses are free with the help of local financial leaders in your community—like banks and credit unions. Because a local sponsor cares about your students’ future financial security, they cover the cost of Banzai (the online software, resource library, and printed booklets) for you and your students.
- How long does Banzai take?Banzai’s financial courses are built to supplement your curriculum, meaning you can use as many or as few of the games, worksheets, and educational resources as you prefer. That means new content is added all the time. At the moment, Banzai has 15+ interactive games that take anywhere between 30 minutes to 4 hours to complete, 30+ supplemental educational resources, and 40+ worksheets.
- What is a sponsor?A sponsor is a local financial institution, like a bank or credit union, that provides Banzai for teachers and students to use at no cost. But even more than that, a sponsor is your partner in student education. Sponsors are passionate about financial education and want to be involved; you can help by requesting in-person or online presentations or classroom visits.
- Is Banzai ADA compliant?We strive to make all content on banzai.org accessible to vision-impaired users through screen readers. Banzai can also be used without a mouse. Scroll through options using Tab, press Enter to select an option, and press Shift + Tab to move backward. If you’ve used Banzai for a while, you may notice that we’ve recently changed our look. These updated colors provide higher contrast and make it easier for all users to see and experience Banzai’s content.
- Is Banzai available in languages other than English?Banzai’s flagship financial literacy units (Lemonade Tycoon, Life Scenarios, and Advanced Budgeting) are available in English and Spanish. We are working on rapidly expanding the number of languages and courses available in other languages and will have exciting updates related to this soon.
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