- Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement is a non-profit
youth organization founded in 1919 byHorace Moses ,Theodore Vail , and the late senatorMurray Crane . They started the organization because they realized the importance of education of the enterprise system. Junior Achievement began as a collection of small, after-school business clubs for students on the East Coast of theUnited States .Junior Achievement's global headquarters is located in
Colorado Springs, Colorado . The organization merged its U.S. and international operations in 2004, and currently reaches nine million youth in 120 countries.Junior Achievement's programs focus on work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy, and teach young people important skills to help them become economically empowered. JA students learn how to start and grow a business, how to successfully contribute in the workplace, and how to effectively manage the money they earn. JA programs teach kids "21st Century" skills such as leadership, teamwork, and critical thinking, and helps students make the transition from school to the business world.
External links
* [http://www.ja.org Junior Achievement]
* [http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/philcoll/coll/mss048.html Junior Achievement Archives]youth-org-stub"'
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