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Learn more about the growing trend of marketing to children in schools and the efforts of educators, parents and communities internationally to combat advertising in schools.

Television Features:

Radio Interviews:


Articles

Local teacher leads campaign to stop retail promotions in schools (pdf)
Paul Deering
The Sligo Champion, September 13, 2006

Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends 04/05:
Empty Calories (pdf)
CERU at Arizona State University

Tackling Commercialism in our Schools (pdf)
Letter by Teachers to InTouch
INTOUCH, June 2006

Open wide and eat up – Conor Pope
Irish Times. June 26, 2006

INTO Congress 2006 Diary – Joseph Fogarty, April 2006

In-school Commercialism and the Pressure it Places on Children, Parents, Teachers and Schools – Vincent Moran, 12th May 2006 (pdf)

Maths, Irish, English…Would you like fries with that? – Áine Kerr.
Irish Times, Nov. 22 2005.

Group Warns of School Advertising. – Áine Kerr.
Irish Times, Dec. 30 2005.

We're educators, not providers of cannon-fodder for multinationals. – Hilary Curley.
Village Magazine, Sept 2 2005.

Corporate Takeover - Rory Hearne.
Hot Press Magazine, Jan 25 2006.

No Sale! - Resisting Commercialism in Irish Schools
- Joseph Fogarty.
Socialist Worker, Jan 6 2006.

Organisations

Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood

Commercialism in Education Research Unit

Citizens' Campaign for Commercial-Free Schools

Commercialism in Education Research Unit of the Arizona State University

Publications

Anna O' Loughlin
Thesis: A Study of Commercialism in Irish Primary Schoools

NHA and IHF
Call for Protection of Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing (pdf)

Irish Primary Principals' Network
IPPN Obesity Survey 2004 (pdf)

Scottish Executive
Investigating the Extent of Commercial Activity in Schools (pdf)

Consumers Union
Captive Kids: A Report on Commercial Pressures on Kids at School.

Canadian Teachers’ Federation
National Survey of School Commercialism in Canada 2005 (large PDF file)



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