http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Broadcasting Complaints Commission is to consider a complaint by the Campaign for Commercial-Free Education concerning  a report on RTÉ's news show News2Day (19 Nov 2008) about the “Doodle 4 Google” promotion in schools. The complaint proposed that RTÉ's coverage of this latest marketing promotion to target Irish schools was both ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/280 The Campaign for Commercial-Free Education has today complained to RTE and the BCI about a report on children’s news show News2Day (19 Nov 2008) about the “Doodle 4 Google” promotion which seeks to make their corporate logo the focus of art lessons for school children as young as 5 years ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/268 Le Crunch promotion in schools is back. The scheme designed and managed by Real Event Solutions, a company who helps companies create brand awareness in the classroom have re-issued the Le Crunch campaign. In the scheme, school children must design a poster proclaiming the greatness of Le Crunch apples. The ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/264 Writing in The Unsuitablog, Keith Furnish has published a series of articles analysing the way that school supermarket voucher schemes work in English schools. There are three articles in the series, which can be read by following the links below: Part 1: How They Work ( http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2008/10/13/school-supermarket-voucher-special-introduction/) Part ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/257 Breaking the Barcodes Nov. 5th sees the world's first attempted co-ordinated action against commercialisation in education (including against fees for education). So far, activists in 22 countries have signed up to have mass co-ordinated events. This essay seeks to look at some of the issues involved in commercialism ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/235 The Campaign for Commercial-Free Education has condemned Internet giant Google for their “Doodle for Google” promotion which seeks to make their corporate logo the focus of art lessons for school children as young as 5 years of age. Teachers, who must register and submit all entries from the school, are offered ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/212 RTE news on 15th September reports that a Dublin gym has been criticised for inviting primary schoolgirls as young as 12 to become members. Once again, the risks of unregulated commercial marketing within schools are exposed as a children are targetted and asked to attend "figure analysis" sessions. To view the report ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/192 Information and Communications  Technology, a key area integrated across many of the primary curriculum subjects, is being outsourced to a private commercial company "Futurekids" at significant cost to parents in some schools around Ireland. It has come to the attention of the Campaign for Commercial Free Education that children are being ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/180 A new commercial magazine, produced by the "market-leading family media group" called Ireland4kids has been launched in the Republic of Ireland, aimed at "parents of primary school-aged children "and aiming "to provide parents with useful information on education, health, parenting, entertainment and fun things to do for all the family". Ireland4kids is sister ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/166 CCFE and INTO certify Ireland's first Commercial-Free Schools. At a ceremony in the Teachers' Club, Dublin on Friday 26th September, 13 primary schools from throughout Ireland were honoured and recognised for their stance in relation to commercial presentations in school. Pictured here is Miriam Jenkinson, Principal St. Patrick's JNS, Skerries, Co. ... http://www.commercialfreeeducation.com/archives/151