Junior Achievement is an organization that educates young people about business and economics. The organization, sometimes called JA, operates in cities, suburbs, and rural areas across the United States. Its international programs reach students in other countries throughout the world. Junior Achievement conducts activities that begin in kindergarten and continue through high school, with classroom programs, after-school programs, and Internet exercises. Junior Achievement programs are taught by classroom volunteers from the business community. Business and industrial firms sponsor the organization.