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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...
Big Country "JA Kid" Returns to Junior Achievement as JA Volunteer & Board Member
Blog from JA USA
By Evan Simmons
Work Readiness
It has likely been quite some time since someone described Josh Greer as akid. A 1998 graduate of Wylie High School, Josh is now the Lead Account Executive for Major Accounts at Abilene Reporter-News. While at Wylie Middle School, Josh received a Junior Achievement program and has since become a JA volunteer and recently joined the Junior Achievement of Abilene Board of Directors (Fall 2014)....
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...
Now Accepting Nominations for the 2015 Washington Business Hall of Fame
By JA of Greater Washington
Corporate Responsibility
The Washington Business Hall of Fame is an unforgettable night to honor Greater Washington's most inspiring business leaders and look toward the future as we support Junior Achievement's dynamic K-12 financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship...
Business News Daily: Teen Entrepreneurs Are Running Life-Changing Businesses
By JA of Greater Washington
Entrepreneurship
You don't have to be an adult to be an entrepreneur. In fact, you don't even have to be a high school...
FORBES: Do Our Kids Have the Money Smarts to Live in the Real World?
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Unfortunately, kids still don’t possess adequate money smarts, but if we compare the 1980’s to today, kids have more temptations to spend because they have more access to goods and to credit. Online shopping gives instant access to consumerism at its...
Fairfax Connection Newspapers: Students Think Twice About Spending
By JA of Greater Washington
Financial Literacy
Kilmer Middle School eighth graders put into practice what they have been learning for the past 6 to 8 weeks in their math and civics classes about budget, credit scores, compound interests, and paying bills on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at JA Finance Park in Fairfax, a financial literacy center that looks like a marketplace or a...