CERUCommercialism in Education Research Unit
On March 21, 2008 this became an archive site. All documents published before this date are still available here. All documents published after this date are available at our new combined site (http://www.epicpolicy.org/), a joint effort of CERU, EPIC, and EPRU. The CERU section is available at http://www.epicpolicy.org/ceru-home.
Non-CERU Publications/Writing
Non-CERU Publications/Writing
This section includes non-CERU reports, articles, and other documents highlighting school commercialism issues.
Community Corner
Communities nationwide face issues raised by commercialism in schools. The links and documents
provided in this section highlight how the public has reacted to school commercialism.
Community Corner
Community Corner
Guidelines
State departments of education, business associations, professional organizations, and advocacy
groups have developed guidelines for the use of corporate-sponsored materials in schools and for
promotion of appropriate relationships between business and public schools. We encourage educators,
parents, and others to review these guidelines.
Guidelines
Guidelines
Legislation
The links and documents in this section highlight how legislators and legislative bodies have
responded to commercialism in schools.
Legislation
Legislation
Litigation
Litigation (or the threat of litigation) has been used as a strategy to confront commercializing
activities in schools. This section provides examples of some of those efforts.
Litigation
Litigation