Only 27 Percent of Utah Students Ready for College?

I just read this article in the Salt Lake Tribune.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52398679-78/utah-college-act-students.html.csp

My ACT score wasn't incredible, non-incredible enough that I won't even share it.  One thing that comes to mind, however, is that I also did not have Junior Achievement K-12.  I did have JA my senior year, after I had already taken the ACT.  Although JA doesn't have math, english, and science curriculum, it is all based on work-readiness.  I learned more about what I wanted to do and be when I "grew up" in my JA class than I learned in many of my generals in my college years.  I wonder how I would have felt had I had JA more than one semester my senior year.  I strongly feel that when a child is taught JA Kindergarten through their senior year in high school, they will be, as this article in the SL Trib calls, "college ready." 

Junior Achievement teaches students to prepare for college by working hard in school and outside of school, and creative ways to save their money so they can become financially secure in their future.  JA has many programs that are teaching our young people every day to help them prepare for college.  We need more than 27 percent of our seniors to be "college ready" by getting JA into more classrooms. . .or by getting more ACT study guides in our high schools.

Please click the link below to learn more about JA in your area.

http://www.ja-utah.org/