By KMcgrigg
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February 2, 2012
We are proud to share the following article that ran in the winter edition of The Colorado Mathematics Teacher, the official publication of the Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Junior Achievement’s Finance Park: Solving Innumeracy with Financial Literacy
Although it’s been more than two decades since its first publication, John Allen Paulos’ Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and [...]
By KMcgrigg
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January 11, 2012
JA Finance Park, presented by Great-West, helps students build a foundation for making intelligent, lifelong, personal financial decisions through hands-on, realistic site-based experiences. The program includes in-school, teacher-led activities culminating in a visit to JA Finance Park and a post-visit assessment.
In September 2011, JA launched JA Finance Park in the Wells Fargo Atrium in downtown [...]
By KMcgrigg
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January 6, 2012
In a new survey released in December, Americans said they want to save more and spend less in 2012. JA’s programs teach youth important financial lessons such as how to save and how to budget through interactive and engaging kindergarten through high school programs.
This is the third straight year that the top two resolutions [...]
By JScott
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September 20, 2011
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 [...]
By srobbins
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January 14, 2011
As part of the Junior Achievement program, students from the Career Development class at Hinkley High School recently participated in mock interviews to help them prepare for future job and college interviews.
The interviews were coordinated by Leo DeGreef, a Lockheed Martin Employee and Junior Achievement volunteer. DeGreef brought in colleagues from Lockheed Martin to interview [...]