What's Next?
That’s the question on everyone’s mind. Technologies we’ve never seen before are changing the world in ways we’ve never known. Jobs people depend on today might not be here tomorrow. Are we ready? If not, how do we get ready?
Societally, we’ve been on this road for a while. Once, a high school education was enough for a good job, a nice home, and a full life. But over the years, advances in technology and global competition have brought us to a point where even a college degree might not be enough. The promise we once made that each generation would do better than the last somehow became a question we can’t answer.
At Junior Achievement, we are committed to finding answers. As a strategic partner working in collaboration with educators, employers, investors, leaders, and the communities they serve, we are dedicated to helping students achieve academically today and economically tomorrow. As a leader in experiential learning operating on a national scale with over a century of experience, we are driving toward lasting change. This means ensuring a generation of students has the transferable skills and competencies needed to navigate a rapidly changing world.
Junior Achievement is doing this now. Through career-connected learning, we are invested in accelerating economic mobility through education. By helping students become confident, capable, and connected today, we can ensure they have access to opportunity-filled futures tomorrow.
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We aren’t a case study, a best practice, or a white paper. We are Junior Achievement, and we are education for what’s next.
Proceeds from our Bowl-a-thon help provide financial literacy, career-readiness, and entrepreneurship programs to thousands of local Western New York students in grades K-12.
To learn more about Junior Achievement of Western New York, visit www.jawny.org.