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2025 Future Bound by Junior Achievement
Blog from JA USA
By Elizabeth Stepanek
Entrepreneurship
From June 8–12, the brightest young minds in entrepreneurship gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, for the inaugural Future BoundTM by Junior Achievement. This dynamic event brought together high school students from across the United States to showcase their innovative projects, demonstrate business acumen, and compete for national recognition for their outstanding achievements. A true celebration of...
Junior Achievement to Bring Experiential Learning Center to Cleveland, Announces Capital Campaign
By Tyler Adams
Financial Literacy
Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland is excited to announce the launch of the public phase of its Transforming Lives to Empower Tomorrow's Leaders capital campaign. The campaign aims to raise a total of $3 million to support the construction and operations of the organization’s new JA Experiential Learning Center in downtown...
Top 5 Skills Every Young Entrepreneur Should Build Now
Blog from JA USA
By Elizabeth Stepanek
Entrepreneurship
Whether you're dreaming of starting your own business or just want to think more like a boss, building the right skill set is key. From navigating challenges to managing money, the most successful entrepreneurs are constantly learning, adapting, and...
Building a Strong Financial Foundation: Equipping Teens for a Brighter Tomorrow
Blog from JA USA
By Elizabeth Stepanek
Financial Literacy
In honor of Financial Literacy Month, we explore the challenges teens face in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world and emphasize the vital role financial education plays in shaping a more secure and promising...
JA Alumni Spotlight: Kayla Stallard
By Tyler Adams
Work Readiness
As a senior in high school, Junior Achievement helped Kayla discover what she truly wanted in her career as she took her next steps forward. How else has JA impacted her...
Your shipment empowers local students
By Tyler Adams
Corporate Responsibility
The UPS Store has updated its “Start Small Grow Big” in-store campaign benefiting Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland. Through this campaign, The UPS Store's activate pin pad prompt will give its customers the opportunity to support local JA programming simply by rounding...
JA Stock Market Challenge's bell closes in 2024 with new winner
By Tyler Adams
Financial Literacy
The second and final JA Stock Market Challenge competition of 2024 not only crowned a new champion, but it also empowered every participating student with the financial confidence they need to succeed in the...
Junior Achievement and Crain's Business Cleveland honor five outstanding local students
By Brooke Bilyj for Crain’s Content Studio
Community Involvement
As the next generation prepares to enter the workforce, they can learn a lot from the young professionals who paved the path before them. To spur this cross-generational knowledge transfer, Crain’s Cleveland Business recently hosted a roundtable discussion between five of this year’s “40 Under 40” professionals and five bright young students selected by Junior Achievement (JA) of Greater...
Eating pizza supports JA's mission
By Tyler Adams
Corporate Responsibility
The Marco's Pizza Foundation has partnered with Junior Achievement for our Round-Up donations mission to collect funds to support local programming. Every time you round up your order, you're helping to support education, workforce development, and entrepreneurship in your...
"One Thing" Could Make All of the Difference
By Tyler Adams
Community Involvement
Fire up the time machine and head back to the classroom. Notice anything from your experience that was missing? What do you know today that you wish you would have learned back then? This "one thing" could be the secret recipe to a student's success, and we are delivering...
