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Junior Achievement, Citi Foundation, and OneMain Financial Offer Teens New Online Experience to Explore their Futures
By JA of Greater Washington
Work Readiness
Junior Achievement USA unveiled an online experience today that is a one-stop shop for teens and their parents in helping them make decisions that will affect their futures. The new interactive web experience, called JA My WayTM, is made possible by a grant from the Citi Foundation and OneMain...
AIG Donates $425,000 to Implement Junior Achievement Programs Globally
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
Students in 19 global cities will learn important entrepreneurship, financial literacy and work readiness skills, thanks to a generous grant of $425,000 from American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to implement Junior Achievement USA® (JA)...
Junior Achievement USA and the Association of Latino Professionals For America Join Forces to Prepare Youth for Career Success
By JA of Greater Washington
Work Readiness
ALPFA looks forward to engaging our entire membership to help leverage Junior Achievement's world-class programming that currently impacts more than 1 million Latino...
Nearly Two-thirds of Teens Ages 13-17 Plan to Work This Summer Despite Double-digit Teen Jobless Rate
By JA of Greater Washington
Work Readiness
A new national survey of teens released today by Junior Achievement USA (JA) found that 61 percent of 13-17 year-olds plan to get a summer job this...
Washington Business Report: One-on-one with HonesTea Co-founder and CEO Seth Goldman
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
For this week's One-On-One, Cooper caught up with Seth Goldman, co-founder and TeaEO of HonestTea. Goldman spoke about the birth of HonestTea, and how the company does business and remains...
Washington Business Journal: Who makes the 2015 Washington Business Hall of Fame?
By JA of Greater Washington
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington, the Greater Washington Board of Trade and Washingtonian magazine have released their 2015 Washington Business Hall of Fame laureates, and the five business leaders deemed outstanding this year...
Fairfax Connection Newspapers: Vienna Children Learn about Micro and Macro Economies
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Students in Future Business Leaders of America spent the day teaching Westbriar Elementary School students in Vienna about financial literacy during “JA in a Day.” Junior Achievement of Greater Washington partnered with FBLA in Marshall High School in Falls Church to bring the program to the elementary school children. Both groups of students were encouraged to dress up in the professions they...
Survey Reveals Startling Disconnect Between Teens' and Parents' Views on Paying for College and Other Personal Finance Topics
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Junior Achievement USA has commissioned the Teens & Personal Finance Survey for the last 16 years. The 2015 study was conducted online on Junior Achievement's behalf by Harris Poll in January 2015 among 801 parents of teens ages 13-18 years old and 800 teens ages 13-18 years...
Washington Post: For the First Time in History, Majority of U.S. Public School Students are in Poverty
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
The Washington Post reported last week that “for the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students” in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade live in...
CNBC: This Playground Teaches Kids About Money
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Tucked away in a 20,000 square foot white building behind a middle school in the center of Fairfax County, Virginia, Finance Park is a playground, of sorts—but one that's meant to give eighth graders a chance to be adults for a day by making basic budgeting...