by Julie Wood | Jan 31, 2015 | blog, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Having a son who is a junior in high school means that college visits are on the family schedule. A few weeks ago, we toured a college where the Dean of Students told us something that really stuck with me. Since they are a private college, they have a...
by Julie Wood | Jan 24, 2015 | blog, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk to local 8th graders at a career day event. They asked a lot of great questions and were very engaged – I was very impressed with the school as they have a special program that helps kids who want to go to college. Many of the...
by Julie Wood | Oct 11, 2014 | blog, Camps, entrepreneur, kid entrepreneur, Lemonade Stand, Teachers, teaching business, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations
I often get asked why you don’t use a more complicated business in your youth entrepreneur camps. My response is usually something like: who doesn’t love to visit a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. They usually shake their head in agreement and then go on with...
by Julie Wood | Jun 14, 2014 | dropout rate, Economic Development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship education, kid entrepreneur, Parents, Teachers, youth entrepreneur, Youth Organizations, youth unemployment
Disengagement and Drop outs I’m sure if you have a school-aged child, you have asked them “how was your day?” The reply is usually (if they are a boy anyway), “fine”. So of course you probe a bit more and you find out that in 3 of the 6 classes they watched movies. ...
