Re: Corporate sponsorship for Education?

Meenakshi, thank you for informing me about charter schools, I think I will look for more information concerning this debate over its merits as I am considering teaching as a potential career path.
One question though, can you clarify what it means for corporate subsidized education to inject “realism” or reali-life experiences into curriculla? – Thank you. :  )

In a recent article in the financial post I read that around 50% of Canadian companies donate to charitable causes, but most of these companies do not accounce their donations lest their “good” (?) intentions be misconstrued. Of course there are tax-breaks associated with donating, but the benefits of such funds to charitable organization is something that should be recognized. In addition to this, companies who have their employees engaged directly in CSR activities have a better image and their workers are apparently much more motivated.

Now for the contentious bit—>
Corporate sponsorship of primary and secondary education:
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its a scary thought.
but it could be an efficient means of channeling back the funds defrauded from us back into the community, no?
the problem might be the extent to which a corporation has control over how the funds are used in a school, in other words the autonomy of a school from a corporation. So long as this is regulated and there is an agreement over the amount and duration of the funding, I think the dangers of schools becoming entirely dependent on corporate funding will be mitigated.