This week's EdPuzzle video from TwoCents titled "Should the U.S. Government Balance Its Budget?" discusses this important decision the U.S. government faces every year and highlights the useful tools of both fiscal and monetary policy.

Interested in more EdPuzzle videos? Visit our Video Library and type in "EdPuzzle" into the search bar at the top to view the rest of our EdPuzzle videos! 

EdPuzzle is a great platform to test for knowledge while students watch a video and learn remotely. We will be releasing new EdPuzzle videos regularly here on the blog so that your students can answer questions that are directly embedded within engaging videos.

Note: You do NOT need to create an account to ACCESS EdPuzzle videos. But if you do create free teacher and student accounts, you will then be able to capture and save student responses. For more tips and tricks on how to best implement these videos in your classroom, check out NGPF Fellow James Redelsheimer’s blog post or Amanda Volz's Tech Tip video. If you would like more information, visit the EdPuzzle Teacher Support page!

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Learn more about the brand NEW Financial Algebra unit released TODAY at the virtual PD: Financial Algebra: Investing and Exponential Functions - Thurs. Dec. 2 @2pm PT / 5pm ET

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Want to dig deeper in economic principles? Check out our newly released ECON Collection with 12 activities AND 12 Data Crunches all correlated to CEE standards!

About the Author

Dan Rolando

Always enamored with learning, Dan’s parents affectionately nicknamed him “The Sponge” as a kid. After earning his Engineering Master’s from NC State University followed by six years of teaching, Dan joins NGPF to pursue his passion of inspiring financial capability in anyone who will listen. Having navigated seven years of higher education debt-free through scholarships, work, creative budgeting, and a whole lot of help, he recognizes the freedom that comes from financial independence and hopes to share that gift with others. In the (rare) times he’s not discussing finance, Dan enjoys running, reading, playing board games, spending time with his daughter, and being sous chef for his wife.