Start with a topic.
Learning Library
Build financial knowledge, then put it to work.
- Explore a concept.
- Check your understanding.
- Practice with support.
- Apply what you learn independently.
For schools & districts
Personal finance
for real life.
We’re developing a high-school personal finance course where the “why” behind a student’s choice guides targeted learning. Students then apply what they learn to a new financial decision—without hints.
Help shape the courseStarting with California public schools,
charter schools, and districts.
The high-school personal finance course
One course.
Two connected learning paths.
13 planned course chapters, mapped to California’s personal finance topic areas.
Start with a goal.
Life Lab
Three missions connect all 13 topics through goals, changing circumstances, and financial consequences.
- 01
Achieve financial stability
Balance everyday needs and prepare for the unexpected.
- 02
Reach a goal by a deadline
Plan, adapt, and work toward a goal—like a first apartment.
- 03
Build your financial future
Explore saving, investing, and longer-term choices.
Start in either. Move between both.
View planned course topics
ZigZagUp’s summarized chapter labels, not official state-approved chapter titles. The 13-topic structure underpins both learning paths.
- Banking Basics
- Budgeting for Independent Living
- Employment and Net Income
- Credit Management and Debt
- Understanding Loans
- Insurance Types and Costs
- Tax System Overview
- Investing and Wealth-Building Strategies
- Consumer Protection and Fraud Prevention
- College and Career Financing
- Behavioral Finance and Psychology
- Charitable Giving
- Other Topics
From a first idea to an explained decision
Make the path
to judgment visible.
IKCJ: from a first idea to a decision the learner can explain.
Intuition
What do I think?
Knowledge
What am I missing?
Critical Thinking
What supports my conclusion?
Judgment
Can I decide independently?
Choices, confidence, and explanations are intended to guide targeted questions and practice. Later decisions without hints examine independent application.
In development. These are intended capabilities, not validated learning outcomes. Explore the platform approach
A look inside ZigZagUp
Product video coming soon
Teacher Room
See the reasoning.
Support the learner.
The planned Teacher Room is designed to help teachers track class and individual progress, identify where support is needed, and decide when and how to intervene.
Shaped with educators
Planning for classroom use
Help shape lesson pacing, classroom activities, teacher tools, and implementation support.
How would this fit into our course?
Educator feedback will shape how the Learning Library and Life Lab fit your curriculum, lesson pacing, and teaching priorities.
What would be agreed before a pilot?
Participation, scope, timing, teacher preparation, support, and evaluation would be agreed together before a pilot. Sharing feedback does not commit your school or district.
What about student information and accessibility?
Before students participate, data use, privacy, security, accessibility, and implementation requirements would be documented and reviewed with the school or district.
Built with educators, from the beginning
Help shape the course.
Teachers and school and district leaders: review the concept and help shape the course around your teaching priorities.
Shape the course
Give feedback on learning activities, teacher tools, and classroom use.
Explore a classroom pilot
Discuss a suitable scope, timing, and support before deciding whether to participate.
Review what we learn
Examine student work and teacher feedback to guide improvements.
Start with feedback. A conversation does not commit your school or district to participate.
Let’s connect
Start with
your priorities.
Tell us what matters to your school or district.
Start a conversationpartnerships@zigzagup.appA conversation with the founder
Inna ArboFounder & CEO, ZigZagUpSan Francisco Bay Areainna@zigzagup.appContact the FounderZigZagUp is in development. Classroom pilots are a future step.