Fred Fransen

Fred Fransen is CEO of Certell, the maker of the Poptential family of free digital social studies courses designed to create independent thinkers. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought. He can be reached at [email protected].

https://certell.org/

Teaching civics has never been more important. Our republic depends on it

Fred Fransen - December 5, 2023

Today’s high school and college students will be the generation tasked with making serious decisions about the direction and fate of the country.

High school students are suffering from financial illiteracy. Here’s how to fix it.

Fred Fransen - March 27, 2023

A whopping 53% of high school teachers are seeing concerning levels of financial illiteracy among their students. One reason is that the percentage of teens working has plummeted.

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Fred Fransen

Teaching civics has never been more important. Our republic depends on it

High school students are suffering from financial illiteracy. Here’s how to fix it.

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