Student Employment
School & District Management
Help for the Summer
The demand for summer employees and the concerns of families have helped fuel a successful backlash in some states against school starting dates that have been getting earlier.
College & Workforce Readiness
They’re Off!
California's Del Mar racetrack has become a summer home of sorts for generations of teachers seeking a second job—and a change of scenery.
College & Workforce Readiness
From the Web: We Know What You Did This Summer
Excerpts from a teachermagazine.org TalkBack discussion.
College & Workforce Readiness
Teenagers Likely to Face Tough Summer-Job Search
Teenagers looking for work this summer will face one of the toughest job markets in history, a report by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University projects.
Federal
Former ESL Students Tapped as Class Aides
Former English-as-a-second-language students in the Prince William County, Va., schools are being hired to work as class aides in a six-week summer school program for high school students who have been in the United States for three years or less.
College & Workforce Readiness
Summer Job Outlook Daunting For Teenagers
The summer job outlook does not look promising for the nation’s teenagers, who are likely to continue to struggle in the labor market, analysts say.
Education
Teenagers Seeking Jobs Facing Long, Not-So-Hot Summer
Teenagers who typically turn to retail stores, fast-food restaurants, and city- and county-run programs for summer job opportunities may be disappointed this year, as the weak economy cuts down on the number of jobs available for high schoolers.
Education
Summer Job Market Bleak For High Schoolers
When Mom and Dad are combing through the want ads in search of work, chances are their teenage sons and daughters are reading alongside them. Economic downturns tend to hit young people as hard as anybody, analysts say, and this summer, the job market for high school students is especially gloomy.
College & Workforce Readiness
Job Market for Students Tightens as U.S. Economy Cools
Graduating seniors looking to enter the workforce and other high school students searching for summer jobs are facing a tighter job market this year as the once red-hot U.S. economy continues to cool.
School & District Management
Student Jobs Hurt Math, Science Scores
A new study suggests that even when students' socioeconomic status and previous educational achievement were taken into account, jobs still had a "significant negative effect" on coursework and achievement in math and science.
College & Workforce Readiness
Cities Scrambling To Maintain Summer-Jobs Programs
As summer-jobs programs for youths get under way across the country, city officials are reporting varying degrees of success in dealing with a new law that eliminated federal funding earmarked for such programs in years past.
Education
Report Urges Federal Limit on Hours Students Can Work
Congress should give the Department of Labor the authority to limit the number of hours children under 18 can work during the school year, a committee of child-labor experts recommended in a report released last week.
Education
Summer-Job Forecast for Teens Looks Bright
For Tameka Brown, summertime means time to work. And with the help of Washington's summer-jobs program, the 18-year-old senior at the Ballou Math and Science Technology Academy has done just that.
College & Workforce Readiness
Campaign To Alert Youths to Workplace Rights
With millions of teenagers poised to start summer jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor is set to launch a campaign next week to educate young people--and their employers--about potential hazards in the workplace.