Category Archives: JA and public policy

Corporations to the rescue

By knewman | January 8, 2008

By:  Karen Newman, JA Board member and Professor, Daniels College of Business 
Bruce Hutton, Interim Dean, Daniels College of Business
The premise of this blog is a bold assertion:  through fair, market-based competition, business is the most effective way to address some of the world’s most difficult problems.  Junior Achievement is the place to start.
Take sustainability.  For how many [...]

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Robin Wise moderates panel at Governor’s dropout prevention summit

By Sara Jankowiak | December 19, 2007

On December 5th and 6th, Mountain Range High School was home to more than just its average daily student population of nearly 1,000 eager 9th - 12th graders. The school hosted Governor Ritter’s statewide dropout summit, officially called the “Colorado Dropout Prevention, Retention and Recovery Summit.” Attendees included representatives from education, government, business and the [...]

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Money matters - but real world application is key

By jpotter | November 30, 2007

I recently read an article in the Denver Post entitled “Money matters for youths” by Aldo Svaldi.  In it, Svaldi talks about Vantage Point High School, a local high school that has embraced personal finance education, and is actually incorporating a personal finance course as a required class for graduation. The article continued on to discuss the importance of [...]

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