SpongeBob getting butt kicked by child advocacy group
Is SpongeBob no longer square? And is it a bad thing? A children's advocacy group called The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood thinks so. That's the group that got on the Seminole School Board's...
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Criticism of Scholastic Books escalates
The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood is continuing to pressure book publisher Scholastic to quit peddling toys and games along with classic literature in America's public schools. The advocacy...
View ArticleVolusia gets first school ad offer: Stop chopping frogs
Although the Volusia County School Board has not finished working out details on how, when and where it will allow advertising in the schools, it already has its first client waiting. People for the...
View ArticleOrange shows other districts how to raise money through advertising
Should schools allow ads in schools to raise money? I wrote something for today’s paper about the various ways the Orange County school district is using ads to generate money to fill budget holes and...
View ArticleLake stops school from penalizing students who don’t sell yearbook ads
I recently got a complaint about two students at Mount Dora High having their grades in their journalism class dropped because they didn’t each meet a quota for selling ads for the school yearbook. One...
View ArticleSeveral FL colleges rank among Top 100 in social media usage
The University of Miami and University of Florida lead the state in how well they engage students and the public via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media tools, according to...
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Three local schools compete for technology dollars from Big Lots
With school budgets so financially strapped, it apparently has come to this. A still from the Washington Shores video In the hopes of getting $20,000 to buy technology, three local schools are among...
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Creative sponsorship of sports teams continues in Orange
Pizza Hut will sponsor the coin toss at home football games and will advertise on the backs of Coming to school ticket backs near you secondary school game tickets this year. Powerade will have ads on...
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Ads on school lunch menus sell out in Orange
Orange County, which has sold ads on elementary school lunch menus since 2010, has already sold out for the entire school year. The ads will appear on both online menus and those handed out to...
View ArticlePolicy changes on athletic eligibility, school advertising discussed in Orange
Orange board members talked about a number of proposed policy changes Tuesday, including: - A proposed rule that would have made students ineligible to play sports for a year after a move, unless they...
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