Junior Achievement

New Center Operated by Junior Achievement of Dallas and Richardson ISD Schools Students on Economic and Financial Literacy

by | Sep 15, 2026
A small-scale version of Richardson with storefronts and local landmarks serves as a centerpiece of economic and financial literacy education for fifth-and seventh-graders.
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SXSW’s 2023 ‘PanelPicker’ Opens For Voting—and DFW Companies Are Vying to Take the Stage
by | Aug 10, 2022
South by Southwest has opened its 2023 "PanelPicker" for crowd-sourced community voting through August 21. You could be among the people who vote to decide which panelists will take the stage next March at SXSW. Out of the thousands of session proposals up for voting, many have Dallas-area ties. We share just 10 of them—including ideas from Mark Cuban, the Dallas Cowboys, Venture Dallas, Dallas Innovation Alliance, CollateralEdge, Kanarys, Zirtue, Masterplan, and more.
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Eaton HS Student Startups Win National Awards
by | Jun 27, 2017
Jakayla Dixon's Feel the Color produces clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes. CHAAO, another student-run company crafts jewelry from recycled materials.
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Northwest ISD Student’s Startup Focused on Helping Visually Impaired
by | Dec 5, 2016
Through Feel the Color, a V.R. Eaton High School sophomore is working on clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes.
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