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Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American
Telephone & Telegraph; Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Co.; and
Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Its first program, JA Company Program,
was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. In 1975, the
organization entered the classroom with the introduction of Project Business for the
middle grades. Over the last 30 years, JA has expanded its activities and broadened
its scope to include in-school and after-school students.
JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) is the world’s largest organization dedicated to
educating students about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy
through experiential, hands-on programs. Junior Achievement programs help
prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth
and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more
robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put
these lessons into action, and help strengthen their communities.
JA Worldwide’s purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a
global economy.
Our Values
• Belief in the potential of young people.
• Commitment to the principles of entrepreneurship.
• Passion for what we do and excellence in how we do it.
• Belief in the power of partnership and collaboration.
• Conviction in the educational and motivational impact of hands-on learning.
History
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