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Why Junior Achievement in the Classroom?

Junior Achievements unique delivery system provides the training materials, and support necessary to bolster the chances for student’s success. At your invitation we help arrange for business people and local community leaders to visit your classroom a few times or throughout the semester. They volunteer to share their workforce experience with your students, all while teaching sound economic principals and reinforcing your class curricula. Junior Achievement’s hands-on materials and exercises are geared toward 21st Century Learning Skills and are correlated to the state standards and objectives. Click here for a link to the WV and Kentucky CSO’s.

For more information about why Educators Value JA Programs, click here.

Teachers to sign up for a program click here.

JA positively impacts students in all grade levels*

Results have shown that students who participate in JA programs understand more about personal finances and budgeting.

Elementary School

Participation in JA multiple years during the elementary grades increased:

• Student learning
• Skills development
• Problem solving
• Decision making

Middle Grades

Key findings in regard to middle school students who participated in a JA programs:

• JA middle school students are more likely than students in general to believe that they will continue further education after high school (78% verses 61%)
• The majority of middle school students (71%) participating in JA programs report that JA helped them recognize the importance of education and motivated them to work harder to achieve educational and work goals.
• Less likely to be absent from school within a four-week period (26% verses 55%)

High School

Compared to students in general, JA students:

• Have a more positive self-concept and higher self esteem.
• Are more likely to graduate from high school (93% verses 70%)
• Are more likely to attend college (73% verses 60%)
• Are more likely to select a business-related major (25% verses 15%)

*Evaluation results and longitudinal study results can be found at www.ja.org/programs.