About JA :: What's New

Behind the scenes at JA is an active core of staff, board members, and volunteers who work hard to impact students’ lives in new ways. To keep up with the JA latest news, programs, and events, you’ll want to visit this section often.

• Atlanta-Area Teens Learn How To Be Workforce-Ready at AT&T Aspire Mentoring Academy

• RetailMeNot.com and Junior Achievement USA Celebrate National Coupon Month by Creating a Curriculum That Teaches Students How to Save Money

• Youth From Around the World Face Off in Final Round of Global Entrepreneurship Challenge

• Junior Achievement Operations Win International Awards for Innovation

• New York Life Foundation Awards $330,000 to Junior Achievement

• Junior Achievement Announces Plans to Transform JA Company Program

• Teaching Kids About Credit: HLN/CNN Feature and Full Article

• ING Individual Retirement CEO Lynne Ford Joins Junior Achievement USA Board

• Donaldson Foundation Grants Junior Achievement $100,000 to Expand its Impact to Donaldson Plant Cities

• Read Junior Achievement’s Digital Program Strategy here.

• JA Job Shadow student wins essay contest

• JA Position Papers On the Economic Crisis

• New Poll Finds Teens Confident They'll Get Ideal Job

• Ecuador Teens Win 2009 Latin American Fedex global access award

• Junior Achievement of Chile Company "Ecovina" wins 2009 Latin American HP Responsible Business Award

• Peruvian Teens Win 2009 Latin American Junior Achievement Student Company of the Year Competition

• JA Mexico Team wins HP Responsible Business Online Ideas Contest

• New Poll Reveals Teens Believe Entrepreneurship Should be Taught in School

• New York Times mention of Junior Achievement's new "Teens and Entrepreneurship" poll

• Travel Industry Sponsors New JA Work Readiness Program

• CNBC talks with some JA-YE alumni to see how an early taste of business success can give young people the drive to become entrepreneurs.

• Austin, TX, Students Win 2009 JA Banks in Action North American Competition

• Junior Achievement USA President Jack Kosakowski on Wall Street Journal Radio about research showing the need for American workers to be more entrepreneurial.

• Houston Junior Achievement Student Receives National Scholarship

• New Poll Shows Economy Forcing Teens to Downsize College Plans

• JA/Allstate Poll Cited in USA TODAY: "Teens compete with laid-off adults for summer jobs"

• Facebook Podcast:
  Jack Kosakowski of Junior Achievement discusses the results of the 2009 Teens and Personal Finance Poll. (Look for the "MP3 Player" box.)

• JA interviewed for Wall Street Journal article: Tight teen summer job market will foster entrepreneurship

• New Video: Success Story at Junior Achievement South Africa

• "The Benefits of Employee Volunteer Programs" Download as: PDF or MS Word

• Teens Experiencing Layoffs, Reduced Hours, Job Scarcity and Forced Frugality According to New Junior Achievement/Allstate Foundation Poll

• Junior Achievement Launches New Award with HP to Encourage Social and Environmental Responsibility in Business

• Poll: Most Teens Think They Can Make Ethical Business Decisions, Yet Many Also Believe it is Okay to Lie and Cheat

• International Essay Competitions - Enter Today!

• 2009 U.S. Business Hall of Fame Laureates Announced

• Junior Achievement Surpasses Nine Million Students Reached Worldwide, the Most Ever in One Year

• AT&T, Junior Achievement Launch Nationwide Job Shadow Initiative to Help Prepare 100,000 Students for the World of Work

• JA Worldwide Honors Local Dignitaries Hybl and Wendelken

• Santa Clarita, Calif., Student Wins Global Ethics Essay Contest

• JA Worldwide Receives Special Status from United Nations

• Junior Achievement of Greater Owensboro's Douglas Honored with National Award

• JA of South Dakota's Fiegen Receives Top National Honor

• "JA Banks in Action" North American Tournament Champions Named

 

 

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