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- 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.
- BadAds.org: Site has tools and suggestions to put an end to intrusive advertising. Includes information for parents, teachers, and kids.
- Branded for Life?: Christian Science Monitor report on marketing efforts to develop brand loyalty with children.
- Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools: Works to protect the right of Washington children and youth to a commercial-free education. Includes upcoming events, action alerts, newsletters, and how to get involved.
- 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.
- 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.
- Obligation, Inc.: Seeks to empower citizens with the resources they need to protect children from the popular culture.
- 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.
- 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.]
- Rethinkingschools.org - Teachers Beware: Corporate Science Invades our Schools: Corporate-sponsored materials are being used more frequently in schools, often because it is free of charge. The author is concerned about the bias in such materials.
- School Pouring Rights: Site argues that school soda contracts are illegal, not merely bad policy.
- 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".
- 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.
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