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Washington Business Journal: How to Ignite a Financial Capability Movement (by Ed Grenier)
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
For many of our region’s students, the ladder to the American Dream has become too steep to climb. Their ability to succeed is hampered by the gap between what’s taught in the classroom and skills they need to succeed in the modern...
In Prince George's County, Serving the Community, With the Community
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
This October Junior Achievement® teamed up with Turner Impact Capital, whose mission is to make both a financial and societal impact through investments serving the...
JA® Hero Volunteer Gives Back to School Where He Got His Start
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Jeff Lilley began volunteering with Junior Achievement® in December of 2014 at Sligo Middle School where his twin boys go to school. Since then, he’s volunteered at Westland Middle School, Takoma Park Middle School, most recently at Chevy Chase Elementary School and will volunteer at Briggs Chaney Middle School this coming...
Afro American: Prince George’s County Public Schools Teach Budgeting with Dollars and Cents
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Prince George’s County Public Schools, along with several community and business partners, are working to strengthen students’ financial literacy education by opening of a technology driven financial center. The Junior Achievement Finance...
Prince George's Community Television: Grand Opening of JA Finance Park
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Maryland's first Junior Achievement Finance Park opens in Prince George's County. The all digital financial literacy learning center will teach middle school students real-world money management...
WJLA/ABC-7 News: Financial literacy project for students opens in Landover
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Middle school students in Prince George's County take on a new identity when they visit the Junior Achievement Finance...
Washington Post: Maryland students get a valuable lesson
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
At a sparkling new building in Landover, Maryland, students are getting a crash course in how to spend, save and look after their money responsibly.
Tuesday marked the grand opening of the newest Junior Achievement Finance Park, where eighth-graders from Prince George’s County schools will use tablet computers to practice personal finance skills they’re learning in...
State, Community, and Business Leaders Celebrate Grand Opening of Maryland's First Financial Literacy Supercenter, JA Finance Park, In Prince George's County
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Today, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, Prince George’s County Public Schools, and Capital One Financial Corporation (Capital One) celebrated the opening of JA Finance Park® on the campus of G. James Gholson Middle School and Cora L. Rice Elementary School in Landover,...
Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy Reveals What States Make the Grade on Financial Literacy
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy, using national data, has graded all 50 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) on their efforts to produce financially literate high school graduates. What the grading shows is that we have a long way to go before we are a financially literate...
Loudon Times-Mirror: Washington Redskins host 4th & Life High School Football Forum
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Park View High School football players were among more than 400 people in attendance for the Washington Redskins 4th & Life High School Football Forum, held Oct. 12 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. The forum focused on preparing high school student-athletes for life after...