Volunteers at these organizations provided students with critical mentoring and positive role models...
JA Connect Learning Pathways is Junior Achievement’s first entirely virtual, self-guided student experience, featuring a flexible, modular repository of activities related to work and career readiness....
Junior Achievement and Janus Henderson Launch New JA Titan®, an Online Simulation that Lets Teens Start and Run a Virtual Business...
Survey: Majority of U.S. Teens Believe People are Paid Less based on Race, Ethnicity, or Gender...
Event to Address Teen Questions about Promoting a More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Society...
JA Launch Lesson Program Aimed at Introducing Teens to the Idea of Business Ownership...
Junior Achievement Survey Shows One-in-Ten Teens Expects to Spend Less This Year Due to the Pandemic...
Research by Junior Achievement Coincides with National Entrepreneurship Month, which is in November...
Today, Junior Achievement USA, with the support of KPMG and the KPMG Foundation, is announcing the launch of JA Finance Park Advanced®. The program is designed to help High School students better understand how to manage money by letting them select simulated life-scenarios and challenging them to successfully manage their finances....
Today, Junior Achievement USA is launching a redesigned JA Be Entrepreneurial® program to help high school students understand the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship....
Program Uses Student-Run Companies to Teach Teens How to Create and Manage a Business...
RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market – along with Junior Achievement USA, are pleased to announce the launch of JA Take Stock in Your Future®, a program that helps high-school students understand the inner workings of the stock market, and helps take away the mystery of investing....
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV) is excited to announce it has chosen Junior Achievement USA (JA) as a national partner in its corporate social responsibility program – HGV Serves....
WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association Foundation and Junior Achievement today announced a new two-year partnership to work collaboratively to help our nation’s youth build the financial knowledge they need to own their economic success and plan for the future....
Program Provides Financial Literacy Lessons with Engaging and Interactive Life-Scenario Simulations...
A new survey from Junior Achievement (JA) by research firm ENGINE Insights shows that two-thirds of teens (66%) are concerned about attending school in-person this fall, with a significant percentage (39%) responding that they are "extremely" or "very" concerned....
Changes Include Delaying Start of College, Working for Money, and Switching Career Plans, According to Research by JA and PMIEF...
The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF) and Junior Achievement USA (JA) have teamed up to develop Project Management for All, a new online game that helps teens explore careers in project management....
Research by Junior Achievement and Brian Hamilton Foundation Shows Teens' Interest In Startups Is Still High, Despite Pandemic's Impact on Small Business...
Event Moderated by Fox News Anchor Harris Faulkner, to Address Questions on Starting a Business When You're Young, Especially Now...
Research Shows Financial Wellbeing as Big a Concern among Teens as Health...
Volunteers at these organizations provided students with critical mentoring and positive role models...
Junior Achievement Survey Shows Online and Traditional Discount Brick-and-Mortar Stores Tied as Teens' Top Choices for Shopping this Holiday Season...
Research Conducted by Junior Achievement USA and Charles Koch Foundation in Support of New JA Economics® Program...
November is Entrepreneurship Month. To mark the occasion, Junior Achievement is releasing The States of Entrepreneurship in America report for 2019....
JA Launch Lesson Program Aimed at Introducing Teens to the Idea of Business Ownership...
Tool Can Help High School Seniors during College Application Season...
New Survey by Junior Achievement Gauges Teens' Expectations when it comes to Paying for College...
Funds will be used to redevelop JA Be Entrepreneurial® Program and support new 3DE Schools initiative...
Junior Achievement and leaders in retirement services industry develop online game to help Gen Z be better prepared to achieve a secure retirement...
JA of East Central Ohio Teens Competed with Students from 14 other JA Student Companies to Win National Title...
New Survey by Junior Achievement Asks Teens about Career and Job Goals...
New Survey by Junior Achievement Gauges Teens' Expectations when it comes to Paying for College...
JA Titan Business Simulation Provides Teens with the Opportunity to Run Virtual Companies...
New Survey by Junior Achievement and Citizens Bank Highlights Teens' Top Financial Goals and Concerns...
On March 12, 2019, Junior Achievement USA® (JA) will ring The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in celebration of JA's 100th Anniversary....
Research from Junior Achievement USA and The Hartford shows students struggle with career choices well into their college career...
Study Conducted by Population Reference Bureau for Junior Achievement...
Award Recognizes Outstanding Supporters of JA as Organization Celebrates 100 Years in 2019...
A new survey of 1,000 13- to 17-year olds shows that more than half (51%) believe that the government or lenders should forgive the $1.5 trillion in student loan debt held by Americans....
Volunteers at these organizations provided students with critical mentoring and positive role models...
National Entrepreneurship Month Research Shows 41 Percent of Teens would Consider Starting a Business as a Career Option...
KPMG donates more than $1.7 Million to Junior Achievement USA for the Redevelopment of its JA Finance Park Program...
Junior Achievement USA (JA) announced today that Monica Howard Douglas, General Counsel for Coca-Cola North America, has joined the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors....
New Survey by Junior Achievement and AIG Reveals Retirement Plans and Attitudes of U.S. Teens Aged 13-18...
Blended-Learning Experience Teaches Middle School Students Career Concepts...
JA of East Central Ohio teens best 14 other student-run companies to score national title...
Year two of Junior Achievement & EY survey of 13-17-year olds shows how teens' career ambitions, educational priorities and economic outlook have significantly shifted in one year...
Financial Literacy Month Survey by Junior Achievement and AIG Delves into Teens' Concerns about Money and Plans for the Future...
Volunteers at these organizations provided students with critical mentoring and positive role models...
The Hartford and Junior Achievement USA (JA) today announced the launch of JA MyBiz Builder, a fun and engaging online experience that lets teens quickly build a business plan based on their ideas for a startup. Users start out with a quiz activity that results in the summary of a simple business plan....
A new survey from Junior Achievement USA (JA) shows that a majority of teens (54%) plan to do much of their shopping at brick-and-mortar discount stores like Walmart and Target this holiday season. Less than half of teens (46%) said that they would be doing much of their shopping online, while about a third (34%) planned to head out to the shopping malls....
New research conducted by ORC International on behalf of Junior Achievement (JA) and EY shows that nearly nine-in-ten parents (88%) would be extremely or very likely to support their teen's interest in becoming an entrepreneur as an adult, but less than one-in-three teens (30%) demonstrate that same level of enthusiasm for starting a business....
Today, People's United Community Foundation, the charitable arm of People's United Bank, N.A. (NASDAQ: PBCT), announced it has awarded a $175,000 grant to Junior Achievement USA to promote financial literacy and career readiness amongst students in six states that align with their footprint....
Junior Achievement USA (JA), the leading youth education nonprofit teaching K-12 students real-world financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work-readiness skills, today unveiled a new online project management training module for teens. Created with the support of the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), the free Web-based module helps them acquire and apply project management knowledge as they simulate managing a fictional community service project....
JA USA ® and ALPFA, Inc. today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Washington, D.C....
Institute for Financial Literacy Announces Winners of the 2018 Excellence In Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Awards...
Junior Achievement USA ®, in partnership with The Hartford, unveils its reimagined JA Company Program ®, to provide aspiring teen entrepreneurs with the skills and real-world experience to become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow....
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Program kicks off with national partnerships with Accion and Junior Achievement to benefit 500 small businesses and 100,000 youth...
Junior Achievement USA® and The Allstate Foundation survey also indicates more girls are considering different options for higher education due to the rising cost of education...
Seven Junior Achievement (JA) operations won 2013 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Awards, including grants of $25, 000 each, for outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship....
Junior Achievement USA ® (JA) announced Edward Grocholski will join the organization as senior vice president of Brand Strategy and Communications, effective Sept. 1. Grocholski was selected from a pool of more than 100 candidates....
A pair of teenagers from Singapore claimed the top prize in the FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge (ITC) regional finals, a three-day competition designed to educate and build entrepreneurship and business skills in young people from Asia-Pacific....
Close on the heels of an exciting 2012 NFL season, FedEx is bringing together football and future entrepreneurs to give New Orleans students a big stage to launch a small business. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), the Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, is recruiting NFL stars to team up with Junior Achievement (JA) and open a pop-up lemonade stand in the heart of the Super Bowl XLVII Media Center in New Orleans, giving students the opportunity to run their own small business in one of the most highly-trafficked venues of the Super Bowl city....
The New Year is frequently a time to re-evaluate personal financial goals and research from The Allstate Foundation and Junior Achievement USA shows that for America's teens, it might be more pressing than ever before. The Teens and Personal Finance Poll, conducted annually by The Allstate Foundation and Junior Achievement USA, found that the number of teens who report saving at least half of their income declined 28 percent from 2011....
Junior Achievement USA (JA) has received a $1.75 million gift from the KPMG Foundation to redevelop its successful JA Finance Park ® middle school financial literacy curriculum. The grant will be used to revise, design, promote and evaluate the new JA Finance Park, with a goal of more strongly infusing 21st-century learning concepts and techniques. The grant will also support the revision of the simulation technology that will foster student understanding of personal budget and smart money-management practices....
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Junior Achievement (JA) today announced Accenture has awarded Junior Achievement with a grant of US$1.1 million to develop a new work readiness program that will enable high school students across the United States to gain the skills necessary to secure employment and build a successful long-term career. During its first year of implementation, the program is expected to reach approximately 85,000 students....
Junior Achievement USA ® (JA) and Teach For America today announced a new national partnership. The collaboration will tap into the expertise of both organizations to increase access to Junior Achievement's work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs for kindergarten through high school students, with a focus on reaching at-risk youth....
According to a new national survey of teens, adults are not the only ones worried about jobs, the economy and education during this presidential election. When asked what they would be concerned with if they could vote, these three issues were top of mind among America's future workforce....
Junior Achievement launches its collaboration with AT&T this week to provide students at risk of dropping out of high school with workplace mentoring by AT&T employees....
Junior Achievement USA ®(JA) announced Lisa Gillis will join the organization as its first-ever Chief Academic Officer, effective Sept.19. Gillis was selected after a 10-month search and will lead the organization's redevelopment of its proven entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work-readiness programs to include 21st-century learning techniques and technologies....
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