|
|
|
|
Home / Society / Issues / Education / Commercialism
|
|
|
|
Web Sites
|
- Advertising / Commercial Ventures - An annotated bibliography of resources (articles, documents, and web pages) that deal with corporate involvement in K-12 schools. Compiled by an information specialist.
www.bctf.ca/info/research/advertising.html
- BadAds.org - Site has tools and suggestions to put an end to intrusive advertising. Includes information for parents, teachers, and kids.
www.badads.org
- Branded for Life? - Christian Science Monitor report on marketing efforts to develop brand loyalty with children.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0401/p15s02-wmcn.html
- Captive Kids - A report on commercial pressures on kids at schools.
www.igc.org/consunion/other/captivekids/index.htm
- Center For Commercial-Free Public Education - Non-profit organization addressing issues of commercialism in public schools.
www.commercialfree.org
- Commercialism in Education Research Unit - CERU, directed by Professor Alex Molnar, conducts research, disseminates information, and helps facilitate dialogue between the education community, policy makers, and the public at large about commercial activities in schools.
www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/ceru.htm
- Commercialization of the classroom - Channel One uses valuable teaching time to present nonessential -- and at times potentially harmful -- material.
www.frc.org/insight/is98h3ed.html
- Fighting the cola wars in schools - Washington Post article looks at the implications of Coca Cola and Pepsi's efforts to sell soda in schools.
washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/colawars032399.htm
- Obligation, Inc. - Seeks to empower citizens with the resources they need to protect children from the popular culture.
www.obligation.org
- PTAs and Commercialism in Schools - Speech given by Charlotte Baecher of Consumers Union in February 1999 to approximately 150 PTA representatives in New York State.
www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/Community%20Corner/baecherspeech.html
- Public Education: Commercial Activities in Schools - A US government report shows commercialism in public schools to be "widespread and on the rise." [14.1 MB in size PDF-format document.]
www.gao.gov/archive/2000/he00156.pdf
- Selling America's kids - Consumers Union report on commercial pressures on kids in the 90's. See also the follow-up report listed above, "Captive Kids".
www.consumersunion.org/other/sellingkids/index.htm
- Sponsored Schools and Commercialized Classrooms - Report on schoolhouse commercializing trends in the 1990s. Introduction analyzes Greenbrier High School's "Coke in Education Day" and includes a lengthy press review.
www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/CERU/Annual%20reports/cace-98-01.htm
- Students Against Commercialized Classrooms Organization (SACCO) - SACCO is a student-run group which concentrates on eliminating harmful commercial influences from the public schools.
members.tripod.com/iceman_km/sacco
|
|
|
|
|