Trends in Innovation and Impact

January 16, 2024

collage of photos of collaborative work at FEI&I summit

The Year Ahead for Financial Education in 2024

At the 2022 Financial Education Innovation & Impact (FEI&I) Summit, NEFE articulated Access, Quality, and Impact as the key guiding principles for cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaboration to enhance the field of financial education.

Our industry continues to evolve, and the potential has emerged for even greater advancement in the financial well-being of individuals, families and communities. NEFE’s role as a centralizing voice and champion of effective financial education motivates us to articulate the opportunities present for the field’s next chapter, and to call the field to act together toward transformative change.

To that end, we have synthesized themes from the 2022 FEI&I Summit into an outline for the field to inform our work over the next several years.

Read the rest of our Financial Education Innovation & Impact road map to the 2024 FEI&I Summit.

More News

Navigating Change: What More Than 50 Research Projects Have Taught Us

June 29, 2026

By Meghan Sellers, manager, Grants and Research Projects

From teacher preparedness to financial well-being measurement, discover how two decades of research have shaped the financial education field and informed NEFE’s vision for the future.

June 18, 2026

Leading Organizations Launch National Research Consortium To Expand Participation In 529 Education Savings Plans

The University of Chicago Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) and the Stanford University Initiative for Financial Decision-Making (IFDM) are partnering with the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) through its education savings network the 529 Network, with support from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), to launch a new consortium dedicated to advancing research on public understanding of 529 education savings plans and related financial education and education access initiatives.

June 16, 2026

A Field Infrastructure Challenge: Supporting the Discipline of Financial Education for the Long Term

By Billy Hensley, Ph.D., President and CEO

Financial education has grown rapidly over the past two decades. It is now embedded or being implemented in well over half of K-12 classrooms, increasingly present in postsecondary environments, and recognized by employers and community organizations as essential to long-term economic mobility.

View All News