Corporate Sponsorship In Schools

Corporate Sponsorships In Schools Across America corporate engagements in schools has been commonly known, providing many schools with the financial assistance in exchange for disseminating their company’s name and logo freely throughout the school. Due to limited funding by the government for some schools, branded vending machines or score boards can provide the schools with much needed funds to develop and maintain programs in schools (“School Budget Cuts”). However, many argue that advertising brands in schools can be detrimental to the students. In some cases corporate sponsorships can be pernicious; however, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, since they provide the funds schools need to maintain and improve programs, supply text …show more content…
Many schools are facing massive budget cuts to educational funding, leading to cutbacks in many programs such as early childhood education programs, sports, and termination of art, music, physical education, and other elective subjects (“School Budget Cuts”). Under Armour donates millions to schools athletic departments and many other programs for simply allowing them to place initials “UA” under the collar of every students uniform (“School Budget Cuts”). At my previous high school we faced extreme budget cuts that completely wiped out the fine arts program which included theater, fashion design, interior design, art, dance, home economics, cinema and graphic design. The sports program was on the brink of termination also; however, due to a generous agreement with Under Armour the school was able to receive the funding needed to keep the sports program at a simple cost of having every athlete use uniform with the Under Armour initials branded on the collar. Corporate sponsorships supply schools with the imperative finances needed to preserve and improve programs that were deemed nonessential and on the fringe of …show more content…
Having corporate sponsorships in schools gives them the opportunity to infest kids minds with products than can be detrimental to not only their minds but their health. School is not the place for advertising products that can harm kids mentality and jeopardize their health. Schools should be a haven for learning but constant exposures to “Coca Cola” or “Mc Donald's” can intrude into a kids mentality. Students having to go into learning environments indulged with corporate advertisements makes the schools loose its educational integrity. However, advertisements in schools is no different from what kids are exposed to on a daily basis outside of school. Although I agree that some advertisements in schools can be pernicious not all advertisements are harmful to the students, and with the financial burdens of many schools, leading towards corporate sponsorships is the most effective decision for improvement. This provides students with the proper equipment, programs and opportunities to make the most of their education