Corporations in the Classroom is a one-hour documentary exploring the increase of corporate influence on public education in North America. It asks why we pimp the curriculum of future generations out to big business. Capitalist heart-throb Ronald Reagan cut public education funding in the 80’s, allowing corporations to pick up the slack for under-funded schools. Canadian schools faced a similar budget shortfall about 10 years later.

This new form of capitalist propaganda is currently a 2 billion dollar industry, which proponents say helps children become discriminating consumers. With little or no regulation, corporate marketing campaigns continue to indoctrinate students with tailored classroom lessons. Business “donations” turn into investments, and teachers turn into ventriloquists.