Junior Achievement pitches 3DE high‑school program to state committee, seeks $950,000 in start-up support

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Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City told the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development about its 3-dimensional education (3DE) high‑school program, its pilot in three Kansas schools and early outcome data, and requested $950,000 in state funding over two years to validate and scale the program.

Megan Sturgess, president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City, told the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development that the nonprofit’s new high‑school initiative, branded 3‑D E, prepares students for the workforce and is seeking a state budget allocation of $950,000 over two years.

Sturgess said 3DE launched in August 2022 at Olathe East High School and has since expanded to two Kansas City, Kansas high schools—J.C. Harmon and F.L. Schlagle—making Kansas one of 16 states piloting the program. "Junior Achievement has over a 100 years of creating solutions that bridge academics and the real world," she said.

3DE combines multiweek, business‑sponsored case challenges with an 11th‑grade entrepreneurship sequence and a 12th‑grade consulting capstone. Students complete a portfolio of real…

Junior Achievement pitches 3DE high‑school program to state committee, seeks $950,000 in start-up support

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