January Highlights at a Glance
- Complete Mapping of SB 1054 Curriculum
- The Road to Bitcoin & Beyond Recordings
- Back to Tallahassee
Complete Mapping of SB 1054 Curriculum
We kicked off the new year by officially bringing onboard a “Curriculum Architect” who began by putting together a full table outlining all the strands that are featured in SB 1054, or the Dorthy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act. In our conversations with various school districts last year, it became evident that all of them were cobbling together materials from various sources in order to meet the graduation requirement for their students.
The image above is but a small sample of that document, and it maps out the required time to cover the material, which benchmarks are met, FLDOE clarifications, various assessment methods, as well as cross-referenced mathematics standards where appropriate. Considering the overarching mission of the Ardent Blockchain Education initiative, there are even extension activities that will teach students about how these concepts connect to blockchain and digital finance.
Additionally, our Curriculum Architect has completely revamped our initial lessons and created something much more comprehensive for the first unit’s lesson as a template for future lessons. These documents will include both teacher and student language, modifications, potential activities to demonstrate learning mastery, and more. Our intended goal is to have the entire curriculum complete by the start of the 2026-2027 school year, but we would be happy to share initial materials with school districts or individual educators for additional feedback.
The Road to Bitcoin & Beyond Recordings
Road to BitcoinWhile waiting to launch the Road to Bitcoin & Beyond seminar as a professional development opportunity with partner districts and charter schools, we thought it best to put the completed materials to work. To that end, we built a custom, Ardent-branded video studio and have begun recording short overview presentations of each module. Once we have completed editing them and ensured each is polished and professional, we will upload them to our YouTube channel for public consumption.
We believe these can be a great resource for any interested person(s). They could be used by educators for their own learning, and adapted for use in their classrooms; they could be viewed by administrators and offered as a professional development for an entire school or subject area, such as Social Studies; or they could also be used by parents who are homeschooling their own children, who may be curious about the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Once we have them live on our dedicated YouTube channel, we’ll be sure to update the public in our next installment with dedicated links to each of the modules that can be viewed by anyone at any time.
Back to Tallahassee
Toward the end of the month, I started making phone calls to Education Committee member legislators in both the Senate and House, requesting meetings for next month. Much like last year, I will be heading up to the state capitol for “Blockchain Day” on Wednesday, February 25th; however, I want to arrange as many meetings as possible for the day before to update our legislators about the good work we accomplished in 2025, as well as what we will do in 2026. I learned today from one of the legislative aides that schedules are not out for that week yet, but I will continue outreach through both email and phone calls to get in as many meetings as possible.
As always, stay tuned for our next update. We will have more great news to share, including pictures and a full update from our visit to Tallahassee!
