The Cost of Funding American Public Schools

In today’s market driven society children can’t escape ads and their marketers, even their schools are filled with the advertiser’s products distracting the youth from learning.

Sadly, childhood obesity has more damaging effects than just what is visible on the exterior. When children become overweight they put themselves at great risk for certain conditions that were once thought to be rare in children, these conditions include type 2 diabetes, asthma, and hypertension. Other conditions include orthopedic damage, like stress on the joints caused by excess weight and skin damage like heat rashes and monilial dermatitis. As well, children and adolescents who are obese put themselves at risk of becoming obese adults. Overweight adults are at an even greater risk to suffer from potentially life threatening conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and certain forms of cancer. Overweight adults are also at risk for type 2 diabetes.

In the article, Every nook & nanny: the dangerous spread of commercialized culture, written by Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor, the authors argue how corporations have had great influence on schools, television, movies, internet and other forms of media culture through advertising. Prior to 1989, advertising was not accepted in schools. Chris Whittle convinced schools to accept adverting by offering to loan TV sets providing children to view 10 minutes a day of news, banter and at least two minutes of advertisements through Channel One. Food and beverage companies soon entered the schools with ‘sponsored educational materials’ fed in their TV advertisements to the mass audience. Companies began ‘Ad creep’ because

(Abraham Cruz) The reason that advertising could benefit schools is that it provides opportunities for people to understand a certain idea and answer any of their questions in doubts. For the advertisement to convince the people, the corporation would do anything under any circumstances to attract the customers attention. For instance, usually in the years students in elementary schools, they are introduced to how to properly brush their teeth by dentists coming to school and demonstrating with figures such as: a toothbrush, a model of a human mouth, and a big white shiny tooth. Without a doubt, this type of advertising towards kids is very beneficial because they have the opportunity to learn more about brushing their

“Thank you,” I say. “Today’s class is proudly sponsored by Nike, a strong advocate of education. When it comes to education, Nike says, ‘Just do it!’.” I take a swig of my Pepsi. “Can you guess who else is sponsoring our class today?” The few students who have actually done the reading chuckle because they know that today’s class is about the pervasiveness of consumerism in popular culture and in the

Doctor Benjamin Barber’s article The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer? discusses how the schools are being attacked by advertising campaigns. Barber talks about the poor school districts being targeted by a company called Channel One. Channel One provides

Ever since the United States experienced the economic crash in the early 2000s, schools all over the country have suffered budget cuts. As a result, schools are finding themselves very short-staffed, shutting down different classes, and sometimes on the verge of closing their doors. Whether they are elementary, middle school, high school, or even colleges, they are all under the same risks. Due to this being the case, colleges began the rise of corporate sponsorships. Following in several universities footsteps, high schools and middle schools also began to accept corporate sponsorships. The result of commercialism has become present in the everyday life of children and young adults. The names of courses, posters, scoreboards, or even vending machines are just a few forms of corporate sponsorships. Corporate sponsorship in the last couple of decades has become widespread and a

For many years, corporations have sponsored schools in the United States. Many students and faculty can find corporate advertisements all over the school; on jerseys, uniforms, equipment, and even school buses. Corporate sponsorships bring money to cash-strapped schools that desperately need money, but these ads also bring distractions to students. Students deserve the best education the school board can provide them and these corporate sponsorships bring many distractions and annoyance to students. Schools should not allow corporate sponsorships into their schools if they do not bring the best benefits to students. Although corporate sponsorships bring a small number of benefits, the school board should provide an environment free from ads and corporate influence in schools because corporate sponsorships create a biased education system and creates lifelong customers out of vulnerable students.

Since 1983 public education has been an issue in America. The system has been constantly changing every year with reforms. This constant change has been driven by the American people’s perception that education has declined and something should be done about it. First there was an increased emphasis on basic skills, making school years longer and more graduation requirements. Second, many began focusing on increasing teachers professionalism. Third, they began restructuring many things such as how the schools were organized and how the school day was structured etc. Now today the most of the American people believe that not enough money is given to public schooling. They associate academic improvement with the money the school is funded.

Advertisement has become increasingly important to the funding of television shows, movies, and other such entertainment entities. Television is funded almost solely on commercials and no one really minds except for some grumbling about interruptions to the show, because they know that the television shows would not get the money and resources they need to be made without them. Schools need funding and resources that they are constantly lacking in, and while putting advertisements up may be irritating, the money and equipment gained through these partnerships will improve conditions at the schools and the advertisements will not get in the way of normal education, though these partnerships definitely need some restrictions before they should be allowed.

A matter of considerable controversy at present is the issue about the effects of Advertisements in public schools. Some people claim that using advertisements in schools will be helpful in a lot of things and some say it's not. Both sides of these contentious issues will be put under scrutiny in this essay, and my opinion as to which holds more weight will be given.

As consumerism grows, corporations exploits the high school learning environment with their ads. For years, the companies have sponsored high school sports, libraries, music rooms and even the cafeteria. In a world constantly plagued with advertisements and corporate influences, high schools should avoid falling into these consumerist practices because advertisements stifle learning. Holding education highly, parents enroll their teenagers in high school to learn more about physics, American history, and pre-calculus. Since competition for certain jobs such as doctors, lawyers, and engineers continue rise, education becomes a necessary asset in the world. With impressionable minds, teenagers surrounded by advertisements will learn to buy certain

Consequences or problems with obesity can be immediate health effects as well as long term effects. Obese youth are most likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as hypertension and high cholesterol. Long term high cholesterol can leave bad effects on a child’s arteries and could remain an issue into adulthood if not properly treated. Obese adolescents are most likely to get pre-diabetes, this is the stage before it actually turns to diabetes. Diabetes is the most common problem amongst young children who are obese and overweight. Diabetes

Dave Kessler chose to use a persuasive tone in his letter, saying that he thinks ads in schools should be banned. This strengthened his argument a lot because he needed to get his point across. For example, " Advertising may allow a school to get a brand new scoreboard, books or band uniforms, but the price students pay is too great"(Kessler 1). With

Obesity in children and adolescents is something that should be taken quite seriously. Children that are obese are more likely to get certain diseases later in life than they otherwise would if they were at a healthy weight. These children are more at risk to develop health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Breathing problems and difficulty sleeping may also be problems that can develop with time. While these health problems are something to be concerned about, emotional and mental problems can also arise. Children and adolescents who are obese are more likely to be teased and bullied at school which can lead to depression and in some cases, suicide.