Advertising at Schools Is There Room in Public Education for Sodas and Snacks?-A Town Hall Meeting

Contains the background materials, articles, & critical thinking questions to help participants prepare for a televised Town Hall Meeting from Sacramento, CA. This meeting provided a forum in which CA's high school students, educators, & legislators can engage in face-to-face dialogue about the problem of placing ads directly in schools. The guide can also be used to address some of the state's social science content standards. For example, students are asked to analyze several pieces of legislation & determine their impact on school district policies. Also includes A New Perspective on Representative DemocracyÓ, along with information about CA's legislative process.Ostgaard, Kolleen is the author of 'Advertising at Schools Is There Room in Public Education for Sodas and Snacks?-A Town Hall Meeting' with ISBN 9780756714185 and ISBN 0756714184.