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What JA Does With Contributions
In the 2010-11 school year, Junior Achievement reached 14,458 students at a
per student cost of $23.17. What's more, each student received six unique
classroom sessions on average, not simply one, making each session just $3.86
per student.
All direct and organizational costs are included in the paltry $3.86.
Wow.
No adult is simply given the Junior Achievement classroom materials and told,
(Good luck, enjoy!) Each in-class volunteer is trained on the interactive
materials and also on the age group in which they choose to present. Junior
Achievement staff time for recruitment, placement, training, transportation,
evaluation, and coordination of classroom volunteers and participating school
district teachers is included in the $3.86.
The JA experience is not a lecture from an adult out of a textbook to the
students. Student curriculum materials vary by grade level but can include
stickers, maps, game pieces, currency, compact discs, workbooks, and a host of
other tools and there are 30 in every curriculum kit, so no one needs to
reproduce them.
Even shipping charges and classroom insurance are included in the $3.86 cost. There is no cost to Junior Achievement of Central Illinois that is
withheld from the amazingly efficient per student, per session cost of $3.86.
