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News Releases

Today’s House Hearing on Private Sector Involvement in Schools is a Whitewash
Gary Ruskin | June 28th, 2005

Does the US Chamber of Commerce Support Any Limits on Huckstering to Kids in School?
Gary Ruskin | May 20th, 2004

GAO Report Shows Most Kids Not Protected from Ads in Schools
Gary Ruskin | September 14th, 2001

Commercial Alert Urges Parents to Fight Market Spies in Schools
Gary Ruskin | August 11th, 2001

Groups Question Education Nominee's Record on School Commercialism
Gary Ruskin and Jim Metrock | January 9th, 2001

Articles

Let's Keep Advertising -- and Market Research -- Out of the Classroom
Gary Ruskin | April 18th, 2000

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Gift to School Forces Debate Over Naming Rights Sales
Doug Belden | TwinCities.com | April 28th, 2008

Build-A-Bear Promotes Site on 120 Million Milk Cartons
Amy Johannes | Promo | March 14th, 2008

Local High School Football Stadiums Sell Naming Rights
WTHR Eyewitness Sports | March 12th, 2008

High Schools Add Classes Scripted By Corporations
Anne Marie Chaker | The Wall Street Journal | March 6th, 2008

Dade Schools Eye Advertising Revenue
Kathleen McGrory | Miami Herald | February 11th, 2008

An Ad School Grows in Brooklyn
Andrew McMains | AdWeek | February 8th, 2008

Exploitation in the playground
Michael D. Reid | Victoria Times Colonist | November 19th, 2007

Science a la Joe Camel
Laurie David | Washington Post | November 26th, 2006

Clearasil Marches Into Middle-School Classes
Jack Neff | Advertising Age | November 13th, 2006

School Board Set to Expel Corporate Logos
Jonathan Woodward | Toronto Globe and Mail | November 5th, 2005

Getting a Foot in the School Door
Matea Gold | Los Angeles Times | July 31st, 2005

Sex Ed, Provided By Old Spice
Marek Fuchs | New York Times | May 29th, 2005

Chicago Schools to Ban Soda, Candy
Reuters | April 21st, 2004

Maine Students to Lose Candy, Soda Machines
Tom Bell | Portland Press Herald | December 12th, 2003

State Becomes Sour on Sweets in School; Policy Aims to Reduce Student Obesity
Jeffrey Gilbert and Ruth Rendon | Houston Chronicle | August 6th, 2003

Advocates Push for More Healthy Foods in Schools
Susan Snyder | Philadelphia Inquirer | July 10th, 2003

New York City Cuts Back Fat and Sweets in School Meals
Abby Goodnough | New York Times | June 24th, 2003

S.F. Schools Join War on Obesity, Ban Junk Food; Soda, Candy to be Banished -- But Only from Cafeterias
Ray Delgado | San Francisco Chronicle | January 15th, 2003

Schools to End Soda Sales; L.A. Unified: The Soft Drinks Won't be Allowed on Campuses Starting in 2004.
Erika Hayasaki | Los Angeles Times | August 28th, 2002

TEA Slaps Lid on School Junk Foods; New Guidelines are Instituted to Combat Child Obesity
Lucy Hood | San Antonio Express-News | May 2nd, 2002

Oakland Schools Ban Vending Machine Food
Kim Severson | San Francisco Chronicle | January 16th, 2002

Advertising to be Curbed in Schools; Policy Will Phase Out Channel One, Commercial Logos
Gregory Roberts | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | November 22nd, 2001

California Legislators Ban Sale of Junk Food in Elementary, Middle Schools
Bradley Weaver | North County Times | November 6th, 2001

E-Commerce (A Special Report): The Business --- Expelled! The future of e-commerce will no doubt be littered with failed education companies
Rob Eure | Wall Street Journal | March 12th, 2001

External Links

Invasion of the Classroom; How Corporations Buy Access to Children: An Interview with Alex Molnar
Derrick Jensen | The Sun Magazine |

Milwaukee Principles for Corporate Involvement in the Schools

Commercialism is Rampant in the Schools
Phyllis Schlafly |

Commercial Activities in Schools
U.S. Government Accounting Office |

Captive Kids: A Report on Commercial Pressures on Kids in School
Consumers Union |

Rethinking School Lunch
Center for Ecoliteracy |

Commercialism in Classrooms
Carden Johnston, MD | Pediatrics |

Foods Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs: A Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture | January 12, 2001