“It gave us all such a good feeling about our schools.”
This is an excerpt from our Triple Play Impact Report, Summer 2026. Please see the full Report below. — The drawing has a place of honor on the desk in […]
Triple Play Impact Report – Summer 2026
Southwind Seniors in Memphis Earn Spot at National Junior Achievement Competition
Four seniors from Southwind High School in Memphis, TN won the regional Junior Achievement (JA) Stock Market Challenge, earning the opportunity to represent the Mid-South at the JA National Future […]
At JA BizTown, kids get first taste of ‘the world of work’
Kaliya Burns isn’t sure what she wants to do when she grows up, but she might pursue forensic science. “I know a lot about forensics,” she said. “I like ‘Law […]
The Case for Junior Achievement: Education for What’s Next
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. Automation, AI, and our rapidly changing economy are affecting […]
Memphis Record Pressing Music Makers | Leigh Mansberg – Junior Achievement Memphis
Thank you to our friends at Memphis Record Pressing for this incredible feature in their MRP Music Makers series.
Planting the Seed: Growing Tomorrow’s Health Care Workforce One Field Trip at a Time
Inside a converted Save-A-Lot in the Binghampton neighborhood of Memphis, elementary and middle schoolers pull on white lab coats and other uniforms as they get to work. They are bankers, […]
Junior Achievement president revitalizes Memphis entrepreneur program
Three years in as president and CEO of Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do and entrepreneurial energy that was simply the air she breathed in Pine Bluff.