First School Principal Toolkit
Money Nobody Taught You
To the principal, from Paul
Thank you for being the first school in Texas to bring Money Nobody Taught You to your students. Your founding price is my thank-you for that trust. If your teachers see good results, I'd be grateful if you'd share them with other principals and your district.
Preview the series here: covers, a Book 1 sample chapter, and sample pages of the teacher guide and workbook. Your first classroom is free. No card. Your data stays with you.
Talking points for your principal
- Free first class: every school gets its first classroom free. No card, nothing to sign.
- No student data collected: we don’t collect student or school data. Sharing any results is always the school’s choice.
- Target Outcomes are measured by the same pre/post quiz; the Class Scorer prints a one-page Principal Report. These are goals, not guaranteed results.
Target Outcomes
Goals we’re working toward, not guaranteed results.
| Outcome | Indicator | How it’s measured |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Knowledge Gain | Pre/post quiz score growth | Class Scorer |
| Topic Mastery | Scores by topic: saving, credit, debt, interest, inflation, banking, scams | Class Scorer |
| Family Engagement | Students discuss money at home. Money lessons that go home reach further than the classroom can. | Optional parent feedback |
| Financial Confidence | Self-reported confidence with money | Optional survey |
| Real-World Application | Budget, savings or credit actions reported | Optional survey |
| Reading Engagement | Book completion and interest in the next book | Teacher observation |
| Student Participation | Discussion and workbook completion | Teacher observation |
| Equitable Access | Gains across reading levels and for students with IEPs | Class Scorer plus accommodations |
Baseline set by the pre-quiz. Sharing any results is always the school’s choice.
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What this is
- A 15-book money-skills chapter series for teens. One real money rule per book. Books 1–6 are ready now.
- For teen readers. The Teen Edition stars a crew of teenagers at a Texas repair shop.
- What the class does: the teacher reads aloud about 10 minutes a day; students use a printable workbook.
- How results are measured: the same 10-question quiz before and after, plus a one-page Principal Report.
- Cost: Every school gets its first classroom free. After that, $49 per class, or $399/yr for the whole school. No card, no auto-renew.
- Just for your school: Because you’re the first school to try it, your school also gets a thank-you discount just for you: 25% off licenses and 5% off paperbacks and series sets, on top of the Founding 25 price lock.
Why it’s safe to try
- Free for one class. Nothing to sign or pay, no card. Stop anytime.
- No auto-renew and no hidden fees. You pay only for what you order.
- Your data stays with your school. Your data, your choice: we don’t collect student or school data. Sharing results, reviews or quotes is always your school’s choice, and only with your permission.
- Age-appropriate: no profanity and no violence in Books 1–5.
Read it first
Read before you use it with kids. Parents can preview too.
Who’s behind this
Paul Blankenburg, author, a former oilfield instructor and frac mechanic in Fort Worth. Books 1 and 2 are published on Amazon Kindle. Questions: blankenburg6@gmail.com
Principal
A one-minute summary, prices, and the license.
The Principal Report from the Class Scorer prints on one page, ready to share if you choose.
Teachers
I made this to make your job easier, not add to it. I used to teach too, so I built this the way I’d have wanted it. Everything’s ready to go: no prep, no extra grading beyond a quick before-and-after check. With enough effort, every kid can learn this and have a better life for it.
Paul
Ready in 5 minutes
- Give the pre-quiz (workbook first page).
- Hand out Book 1 and the workbook.
- Follow the day-by-day guide.
- Give the post-quiz (workbook last page).
- Type the 1s/0s into the Class Scorer and print the Principal Report.
Every learner
- Read aloud and show the panels on a screen; partner reading works well too.
- Free text-to-speech already on your devices: PDF in Microsoft Edge; EPUB in Google Play Books; Kindle; iPhone / iPad; Android; Chromebook / Windows / Mac. Steps are in the Every Learner page.
- Quiz: you may read it aloud, give extra time, and follow any IEP/504 accommodations. It's ungraded.
- Tough crowd? Give them a job: read Ray's lines, be the money detective, run the calculator, lead the Spot it hunt.
A preview of the read-aloud guide, plus the family letter and support pages.
Coming after Book 15: Series 2. Ray learns a machine by tearing it apart, studying every small part, and seeing how the whole thing fits together. Money works the same way. The younger kids watched the crew learn Ray’s rules the hard way. Now they’re the ones holding the money, and the world has new tricks waiting. Every new lesson builds on what they already know, with bigger stakes and sharper choices, until it’s their turn to pass it all down to the kids coming up behind them.
Success is built on knowledge.
Students
Previews: the covers, the first pages of Book 1, and sample workbook pages.
Quick look: Student Workbook
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Quick look: Book 1, The Yen Heist
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