JA® Hero Volunteer Gives Back to School Where He Got His Start
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
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
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...
Washington Post: Maryland students get a valuable lesson
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...
WJLA/ABC-7 News: Financial literacy project for students opens in Landover
Middle school students in Prince George's County take on a new identity when they visit the Junior Achievement Finance...
State, Community, and Business Leaders Celebrate Grand Opening of Maryland's First Financial Literacy Supercenter, JA Finance Park, In Prince George's County
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
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
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...
JA and American Honda Finance Corporation Launch Tool for Young Drivers
New site inspired by Junior Achievement national survey finding teens lack basic "nuts and bolts" knowledge of auto finance and...
Junior Achievement® Essay Competition Runs Through December 8, Will Award $110,000 in Scholarships and Grants
This fall, Junior Achievement®, in partnership with David M. Rubenstein, will launch the 2015 Junior Achievement Essay...