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Extraordinary Educator: Mike Burleson, Bonny Eagle High School
By Abby Rioux
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of Maine, in partnership with MEMIC, recognizes educators for their tremendous work, passion, grit, and perseverance. As role models and mentors, educators empower, motivate, and inspire students to envision a future of possibility. Join us for our 2nd annual Extraordinary Educators campaign as we take a closer look at Maine educators, their stories, their commitment to...
Extraordinary Educator: Melanie Brown, Ellsworth Middle School
By Abby Rioux
Community Involvement
Junior Achievement of Maine, in partnership with MEMIC, recognizes educators for their tremendous work, passion, grit, and perseverance. As role models and mentors, educators empower, motivate, and inspire students to envision a future of possibility. Join us for our 2nd annual Extraordinary Educators campaign as we take a closer look at Maine educators, their stories, their commitment to...
Maine Business Community’s Secret Weapon: Student Mentorship Through Junior Achievement
By David Pearl, Yarmouth High School Educator
Work Readiness
Utilizing Maine's business leaders as student mentors makes for an impactful and positive experience, personally and...
Tyler Technologies' Maine App Challenge
By Tyler Technologies
Entrepreneurship
Did you know that fewer than half of the schools in the United States offer computer science classes? This limits the number of students that ultimately go on to study Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) topics in college, and then later impacts the pool of technical talent available to employers. As a top technology company in the state of Maine, Tyler Technologies aims to...
10 Million Reasons for Work and Career Readiness Education
Blog from JA USA
By Jack E. Kosakowski, President & CEO of Junior Achievement USA
Corporate Responsibility
Recently, and for the first time, the number of job openings in the United States exceeded 10 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) Report. At the same time, there are more than 7 million who are eligible to work but who are...
Inflation, Scarcity, and Teachable Moments
Blog from JA USA
By Jack E. Kosakowski, President & CEO of Junior Achievement USA
Financial Literacy
Most Americans under the age of 40 are experiencing something they haven’t before; inflation. With the exception of a brief period at the beginning of the Great Recession in 2008, inflation has been restrained for nearly four decades. That means prices rising at a pronounced rate in a short amount of time is a new experience for many Millennials and members of Generation...
Making an Impact: Being a JA Mentor Goes Beyond the Classroom
By Abby Rioux
Community Involvement
Hilary Rapkin of Wex Inc. shares her experience with Junior Achievement and why she continues to volunteer after 25...
Wants vs. Needs: A Story of Empowerment
By Abby Rioux
Financial Literacy
When you drove to work this morning, did you wonder if your car was a need or a want? Probably not. But for many Junior Achievement students, even basics like transportation to get to school is not guaranteed. Read about Jennifer, a JA Maine volunteer, who had the opportunity to share with students that sometimes people have different needs and wants, but we are all important parts of the...
JA's Maine Business Hall of Fame 2021 Recap
By Caroline Blanchard
Community Involvement
There was lots of energy and excitement at JA's Maine Business Hall of Fame South on September 29th! Many of Maine’s business community members joined us in the celebration to honor this year’s laureates: Steve DiMillo, Manager of DiMillo’s On the Water, Kathie Leonard, President & CEO of Auburn Manufacturing, Inc., and Larry Wold, Market President of TD Bank. Junior Achievement alumni from...
Why Work Needs Meaning
Blog from JA USA
By Jack E. Kosakowski
Corporate Responsibility
Much has been made in recent months about “The Great Resignation,” the tendency of young workers, primarily Millennials and Generation Z, to quit their jobs to pursue higher-paying, higher growth...
