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Past issues of the Progressive (www.progressive.org) talk about the saturation of US schools with corporate advertising. Should Maritime schools join the club? ~paul -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- COKE, PEPSI, HISTORY AND MATH : A committee of the Halifax regional school board approved a new policy that will establish guidelines for schools who want to partner up with big business. The policy aims to define an appropriate relationship between a school and an outside organization. Decision-making would be put in the hands of the community, with school advisory committees helping to determine partnership deals. Right now, school principals the ones who create partnerships with outside groups. DAILY NEWS, P8 10 Feb 99 SCHOOL BOARD UNIMPRESSED BY YNN: Many members of the Halifax regional school board were left unimpressed after viewing a sample of the controversial Youth News Network yesterday. YNN has promised high schools thousands of dollars in computer and satellite technology in exchange for a captive audience to watch their commercial sponsored newscasts daily. But many school board members feel the ads are unacceptable in an educational setting and that the newscasts offer little educational value. "Our kids are a pretty sophisticated audience," said Dartmouth school board member Sandra Everett. "I'm not sure they need a dumbed-down version of the news." The board will decide next month whether to allow YNN into the city's high schools. DAILY NEWS, P7 Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 10:30:45 -0500 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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