Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month? It's a great reason for everyone to take a few minutes and learn more about keeping their finances in order, and it's especially important for college students, parents and counselors to take a good look at the costs of school.

Fortunately, there are some excellent resources out there, including these two:

• NASFAA, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, has an ongoing Financial Literacy Month series at their Web site, nasfaa.org. This week's entry is on Responsible Borrowing; that link contains fact sheets on the financial benefits of higher education, as well as guides to when it's okay to borrow, how to find tax credits, the appropriate debt levels for various majors and much more. Check it out for an excellent overview.

• The America's Promise Alliance is offering, for free download, its "$aving Our Futures: Financial Responsibility for Young People" curriculum. Teachers and after-school leaders can access the PDF textbook of "$aving Our Futures" here, and marketing and presentation materials are available here.

• And, of course, Scholarship America and the National Endowment for Financial Education have made our "40 Money Management Tips Every College Student Should Know" brochure available in a new edition. Click here to download the PDF.

What other tools do you have for helping students and families manage their money? Let us know in the comments.