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Back to School Special: Three Ways to Use NEPC Resources in the Classroom

Newsletter

September 6, 2022

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This Seemingly Benign Education App Seems Harmless. It Isn’t.

Newsletter

March 10, 2022

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We Unplugged From Facebook in 2018. Here’s Why You Should Too.

Newsletter

November 2, 2021

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Malicious Math Games? The Problem with Prodigy

Newsletter

March 25, 2021

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“Dataveillance,” Algorithmic Bias, and Other Concerns About Learning Management Systems

Newsletter

January 28, 2021

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Ben Williamson About Education Technology

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Ben Williamson

November 17, 2020

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Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program

Policy Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Michael K. Barbour

September 24, 2020

The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2020

Michelle Renée Valladares, Ph.D. and Kate Somerville on COVID-19's Impact on K-12 Education

FYI

Michelle Renée Valladares and Kate Somerville

July 8, 2020

Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher Saldaña

June 25, 2020

New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

June 25, 2020

Children’s Data Privacy During COVID-19 Closures: 10 Questions to Ask

Newsletter

April 9, 2020

Should For-Profit Corporations Be Writing America’s Curriculum to Best Serve Their Needs?

Newsletter

February 27, 2020

Misuse of Screens in Schools: An Action Kit to Help Parents

Newsletter

February 20, 2020

NEPC Review: Commercial Cash: How NY Schools Can Raise Extra Money Without Raising Taxes (Urban Institute, September 2019)

NEPC Review

William S. Koski

November 19, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar About Personalized Learning and Digital Privatization

FYI

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger, and Alex Molnar

May 14, 2019

Personalized Learning and the Digital Privatization of Curriculum and Teaching

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Christopher Saldaña

April 30, 2019

How Corporate Interests Are Overtaking Well-Intentioned Goals of Personalized Learning

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

April 30, 2019

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Christopher Saldaña About Teachers as Brand Ambassadors

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Christopher Saldaña

February 14, 2019

Examining the New Phenomenon of Teachers as Brand Ambassadors

Research Brief

Christopher Saldaña, Kevin G. Welner, Susan Malcolm, and Eleanore Tisch

January 17, 2019

NEPC Resources on Protecting Student Privacy in Schools

Newsletter

August 28, 2018

The Demise of Channel One News

Newsletter

August 2, 2018

Why We’re Glad that the National Education Policy Center Deleted Its Facebook Account

Resource Document

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 5, 2018

National Education Policy Center Deletes Its Facebook Account and Calls for Strict Data Protections Plus Public Regulation and Oversight of Digital Platforms

Newsletter

March 27, 2018

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger on Student Privacy

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Faith Boninger

September 21, 2017

Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking

Research Brief

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, and Kevin Murray

August 15, 2017

Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School

Research Brief

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

May 17, 2016

How Companies Learn What Children Secretly Want

Resource Document

Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar

March 17, 2016

How to Create and Maintain Civil Society Space

Policy Memo

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

September 18, 2015

School-Based Marketing Threats to Children’s Well-Being Intensify

Newsletter

September 9, 2015

On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age

Research Brief

Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger

April 9, 2015

Report of the Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights

Publication

Farida Shaheed

September 17, 2014

Schoolhouse Commercialism Leaves Policymakers Behind

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Ken Libby, and Joseph Fogarty

March 11, 2014

Representative CERU Publications (prepared for United Nations Consultation on “The Impact of Advertising on Cultural Rights”)

Resource Document

Alex Molnar

October 28, 2013

Promoting Consumption at School: Health Threats Associated with Schoolhouse Commercialism

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Michael D. Harris, Ken Libby, and Joseph Fogarty

April 18, 2013

The Educational Cost of Schoolhouse Commercialism

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, and Joseph Fogarty

November 7, 2011

Effectively Embedded: The Thirteenth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercializing Trends: 2009-2010

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Gary Wilkinson, Joseph Fogarty, and Sean Geary

December 2, 2010

Policy and Statutory Responses to Advertising and Marketing in Schools

Legislative Brief

Alex Molnar, William S. Koski, and Faith Boninger

January 13, 2010

Click: The Twelfth Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends: 2008-2009

Research Brief

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Gary Wilkinson, and Joseph Fogarty

October 6, 2009

Marketing of Food in Schools: Little Educational or Nutritional Content

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

May 29, 2009