The award for Best Blog Post Headline of the Week goes to the Eduwonks:
Do You Want Pi's With That?A tasty Associated Press story was picked up by a bunch of major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronice, and Boston Globe.
"Students working at some McDonald's restaurants around the country are getting paid whether they are flipping burgers or flipping through textbooks. At Kathy and Jerry Olinik's two restaurants about 55 miles west of Detroit, high school and college students will be allowed to stay on the clock for an extra hour before or after their shifts this fall, as long as they spend the time doing schoolwork."
McDonald's isn't the only company instituting these programs. It's possible the program could be a useful recruitment tool as well. For the parents in the audience - would you rather your kid worked fewer hours, or worked more hours while getting paid for time spent on the job doing homework?
Posted by kswygert at August 9, 2005 04:07 PM