Junior Achievement joined the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and presenting sponsor Coca Cola for the 4th and Life High School Football Forum, focusing on preparing nearly 400 high school football players for life after football.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE: Junior Achievement® Inspires the Next Generation to Transform “I Can’t” Into “I Can”
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Signs on as Entertainment Storefront Partner at JA Finance Park® Fairfax County
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington is proud to announce a new partnership with Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Wolf Trap). Wolf Trap will be serving at the Entertainment Storefront partner at JA Finance Park Fairfax County in Fairfax, Virginia, where 14,000 Fairfax County Public Schools eighth grade students will take part in an immersive, real-life budgeting simulation each year.
JA Student and JA Entrepreneurship Summit Rising Star Zoree Jones Speaks to the Board of Governors
Zoree Jones, a second-generation JA student and a freshman at Patriot High School in Nokesville, Virginia (USA), is used to giving speeches. Over the last two years, she has delivered the winning speech at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Oratorical Contest; she won the Spotsylvania County (Virginia) Great Debate in 2015; and was awarded the Best Female Actor award at the Virginia Theatre Association Festival last year.
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT: How Teachers Are Bringing Financial Literacy Lessons to the Classroom
Millions of Americans don't understand the basics of budgeting or saving for the future.
Some kids get money lessons at home, but many parents lack financial knowledge or confidence themselves. Junior Achievement's 2015 Teens and Personal Finance Survey sponsored by the Allstate Foundation found that millennial parents, ages 18-34, are the least confident about explaining money management to their kids, many of whom are currently in lower grades.
Enterprise supports JA of Greater Washington as inaugural presenting sponsor of the JA Hero® volunteer training program at JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County for 2016-2017 school year
Under the leadership of JA of Greater Washington board member and Enterprise General Manager, Michelle Bosch, Enterprise Holdings has generously agreed to a $30,000 sponsorship of the JA Hero® volunteer training program at Junior Achievement’s JA Finance Park® Prince George’s County for the 2016-2017 school year.
ThinkAdvisor: Junior Achievement's Financial Literacy Approach
While wealth and income gaps are noticeably pronounced today, in Jack Kosakowski’s view such disparity can be associated with a perennial American problem: the widespread inability to manage money.
“Almost all the research shows that the general population doesn’t have much confidence in money management,” says Kosakowski, president and CEO of Junior Achievement, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures and make smart academic and economic choices.
Back-to-School Survey: Big Disconnect between what Teens Think Back-to-School Supplies Cost and what Parents Really Pay
One-in-Five Teens Say Parents Face Challenges Paying for School Supplies, According to Junior Achievement USA® Survey
A new survey of 1,000 teens by Junior Achievement USA® (JA) shows that a majority of teens (78%) believe parents pay less than $500 for their back-to-school supplies. This is in contrast to the annual Backpack Index, sponsored by Huntington Bank, which reports parents of teens can expect to pay between $957 and $1,498 for school supplies for teens this year. Only 5 percent of teens said school supplies cost $500 or more, with 17 percent responding “I Don’t Know/Unsure.” The JA survey of 13-17 year olds was conducted by ORC International.
15 students participate in Junior Achievement of Greater Washington's first annual JA® Entrepreneurship Summit
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 15 student entrepreneurs from around the Greater Washington region participated in a Shark Tank-style pitch competition. The three teams presented their entrepreneurial business ideas in front of a panel of business professionals as well as parents and community members. To prepare for this culminating event the students completed a three-day program full of challenges, and working sessions. The students were assigned an adult mentor and ultimately tasked with finding a creative, innovative, and sustainable business solution to the challenge presented to them. Junior Achievement’s partner in this summit, Community Business Partnership (CBP), led sessions on pitching, customer discovery and marketing.
JA Worldwide and HSBC Announce a Three-Year Partnership to Drive Youth Financial-Literacy Education Around the World
JA Worldwide (JA®) and HSBC announce the renewal of a partnership to build youth financial-literacy skills through the JA More than Money program, a global financial-education initiative. For continued support and implementation of this and other JA® financial literacy programs, HSBC will contribute $6.3m over the next three years, allowing JA® organizations in over 30 countries to offer the program to students, ages 7–11, through the 2018–2019 school year.