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Viewpoints for U.S. High School Juniors

Today, Junior Achievement and the National Chamber Foundation released findings from the Free Enterprise National Survey. High school juniors across the U.S. revealed their knowledge and perceptions of entrepreneurship, free enterprise and capitalism and how these factors will influence their future career choices. Not unlike many Americans, high school students are concerned with the state [...]

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Get Ready for the Challenge!

JA is dedicated to helping young people get the financial education they need to help them take responsibility for their financial futures
That’s why we’re reaching out to high school teachers, and other educators working with high school students, such as librarians, youth group leaders and after-school program staff, to take part in the National Financial [...]

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New Colorado Personal Financial Literacy Standards

In an address earlier today to the Colorado State Board of Education in support of the new Personal Financial Literacy standards…
Thank you for allowing me to speak today. And I’d also like to thank the CDE for including me in the standards rewrite process and asking me to represent the work of the Personal Financial [...]

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New JA poll: local teens express fear financial crisis will jeopardize their financial futures

Many adults have voiced their thoughts and opinions on the financial crises, but what do future generations think about the current crisis? From November 3-11, 2008, JA conducted a voluntary online poll of nearly 800 high school students across 25 high schools in the Denver-Metro area. These teens were asked about what they thought and [...]

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Governor Ritter signs financial literacy bill into law

This afternoon in the West Foyer of the Colorado State Capitol Building, Governor Bill Ritter signed into law House Bill 1168. This Bill, sponsored by State Representative Rosemary Marshall, requires the State Board of Education to adopt model content standards incorporating financial literacy into existing math curricula.  Once this happens, school districts will then be [...]

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