Promoting Consumption at School. Health Threats Associated with School House Commercialism--The Fifteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends: 2011-2012.

Many states and communities are in chronic fiscal crisis. So it is no surprise that beleaguered educators are ever more open to offers of corporate “partnerships” that might bring in additional money for their schools. Unfortunately, many school - business partnerships are little more than marketing arrangements that have few benefits for schools while carrying with them the potential to harm children in a variety of ways. The 2011 - 2012 Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends is the third in a series of annual reports to examine how commercializing activities in schools threaten children’s well - being. Prior reports examined psychological threats (2010) and educational threats (2011). The focus of this report is the health threats posed by the marketing of food and beverage products in school.