Commercialization of Public Schools

The NEA asks: "Should public schools accept corporate advertising or sponsorships?" Arizona State University's Commercialization in Education Research Unit published a report entitled, Empty Calories: Commercializing Activities in America's Public Schools in November 2005. "The Eighth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends, Year 2004-2005, finds that criticism of commercial advertising and marketing to children in schools is on the rise. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health."