Is Advertising In Schools Worth The Cost Of Education?

Did you know that over $15 billion a year is spent on advertisements directed towards children in the U.S? Advertising in schools should be allowed because other government entities use advertising as a way to increase revenue, the cost of education is gradually rising, and it is no cost to the taxpayers to advertise, although one might argue that a company’s focus is on profit and not education, districts have the ultimate say in what ads they accept. Many people think that a company's focus is on profit, not education, but districts always have the ultimate say in what ads they accept. This means that the ads do not have to be educational. Advertising also increases revenue, is no cost to the taxpayers, and pays for the cost of education, which is rising.

A district has estimated that the total advertising sales since 2007 has exceeded $1 million. (1) Some schools would normally expect to only get $80,000 in 4 years. In 1 year, a district is expected to raise about $40,000, just under half of what it was expecting to earn in 4 years.. (1) With this big of a profit, a lot more money can go towards children's’ education.

Another reason that schools should be able to advertise is that the cost of education is rising each year. At the start of 2000, the cost was about $9,135 and increased to $10,694 by 2008. (4) Many schools have slowly begun to struggle with paying for a higher education. The cost of higher education has increased more than medical costs have. Medical costs have only increased by 286% while the cost of education has had a 538% increase. (https://www.bestvalueschools.com/understanding-the-rising-costs-of-higher-education/)

Think about how many people go to a hospital every day and how many go to school everyday. Most of the time, there are a lot more people in a hospital than kids in a school, yet the medical costs have increased way less than education