Re-Post: Cash-strapped teacher sells ads on tests

I really hope I don't start seeing this in the university setting. Is it clever? Oh, yes. I can only think about the metacognitive effects something like this could have. I wonder if online tests have been doing this already?

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/03/teacher.ads.on.tests/index.html
By Jason Hanna

(CNN) -- In tests for teacher Tom Farber's high school class, students can demonstrate their mastery of calculus and find out where to get braces or even a haircut.

Calculus teacher Tom Farber is selling ad space on tests to defray printing costs.

Squeezed by classroom budget cuts, the Rancho Bernardo High School teacher is selling ads on his exams to cover the costs of printing them.

"It raises money for the teachers and it's amusing for the kids, so it seems like a win-win," said Luke Shaw, 18, a student at the suburban San Diego, California, school.

Parents and administrators also praise Farber, 47, for his creative classroom funding, but he doesn't want it to become the norm.

"My intention is, [selling ads] is a stopgap measure," said Farber. "I don't want to be doing this year after year."