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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Molnar, Alex; Boninger, Faith; Wilkinson, Gary; Fogarty, Joseph – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2009
As part of their efforts to create a total advertising environment, companies continue to aggressively market in school to children and youth. Advertisers now routinely blur the boundaries between editorial content and advertising in an effort to thoroughly infuse childhood with marketing messages. The goal of creating a total advertising…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Purchasing, Consumer Economics, Business
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R. – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This year's Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends report finds that schools continue to be a prime target of a wide variety of corporate advertising efforts and criticism of marketing to children in schools is mounting. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health. Public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Purchasing, Critical Thinking
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David R. – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This year's Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends report finds that schools continue to be a prime target of a wide variety of corporate advertising efforts and criticism of marketing to children in schools is mounting. Most of this criticism is directed at marketing activities that are thought to have a negative impact on children's health. Public…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Consumer Economics, Marketing, Contracts