College Alternatives

College Alternatives

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Here's how College Alternatives aligns with curriculum standards in Connecticut. Use the filters to change the location, set of standards, and grade level.

Financial Literacy Standards

9.1: Earning Income

12.3: People vary in their opportunity and willingness to incur the present costs of additional training and education in exchange for future benefits, such as earning potential.

Standards
Defined by Standards for Personal Finance: NGPF 9th-12th Grades and align with College Alternatives
12.3.a: Evaluate the costs and benefits of investing in additional education or training.
12.3.b: Explain how differences in people's life circumstances can affect their opportunity and willingness to further their education or training.
12.3.c: Compare earnings and unemployment rates by level of education and training.

12.4: Employers generally pay higher wages or salaries to more educated, skilled, and productive workers than to less educated, skilled, and productive workers.

Standards
Defined by Standards for Personal Finance: NGPF 9th-12th Grades and align with College Alternatives
12.4.a: Identify different types of jobs and careers where wages and salaries depend on a worker's productivity and skills.

12.11: Owning a small business can be a person's primary career or can supplement income from other sources.

Standards
Defined by Standards for Personal Finance: NGPF 9th-12th Grades and align with College Alternatives
12.11.a: Evaluate the benefits and costs of gig employment, such as driving for a cab or delivery service.
12.11.b: Discuss the pros and cons of small business ownership as their primary source of income.

9.4: Managing Credit

12.4: Post-secondary education is often financed by students and families/caregivers through a combination of scholarships, grants, student loans, work-study, and savings.

Standards
Defined by Standards for Personal Finance: NGPF 9th-12th Grades and align with College Alternatives
12.4.a: Describe the different sources of funding for postsecondary education.