Former JA Company Program Team Accepted into UVA Entrepreneurship Incubator Program

Former JA Company Program Team Accepted into UVA Entrepreneurship Incubator Program

The JA of Greater Washington student entrepreneurs who created “Pick-Me-Up” in 2017 have relaunched their company at the University of Virginia (UVA) and gained acceptance into the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation’s VentureLab Incubator.

Study: Teens Think Economics Education is Important, but Struggle with Basic Economic Concepts

Study: Teens Think Economics Education is Important, but Struggle with Basic Economic Concepts

According to a recent survey, 93 percent of teens believe economics education is "important," yet struggle with basic concepts like "supply and demand" and the role of the Federal Reserve. The survey of 1,000 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 was conducted by Wakefield Research for Junior Achievement USA (JA) and the Charles Koch Foundation in support of the launch of a new JA Economics® program.

Northern Virginia Magazine: With innovative curriculums, NoVA students are learning financial literacy before graduation

Northern Virginia Magazine: With innovative curriculums, NoVA students are learning financial literacy before graduation

It’s 9:30 a.m. on a Friday morning in a nondescript building off of Pickett Road in Fairfax, where 138 eighth grade students from Frost Middle School are noisily settling in to the auditorium for an orientation.