For example, both conservatives and liberals have railed against Channel One, the news network that feeds into schools across the nation. In essence, schools get free audiovisual equipment and educational content, but in exchange their students must sit through advertisements that pay for the service. Another good example is a recent proposal from the New York City school board to give laptops to fourth- graders in the public school system. Corporate sponsors, who sat on the task force that recommended the program, would pay most of the cost of the laptops. The school board, in turn, would design a portal site for parents, students, and teachers, and the corporate sponsors would receive prime placement on the site.
Students get free computers and corporate sponsors get millions of eyeballs.
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