What should children learn?

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The educational establishment has thwarted attempts to develop national educational standards, but effective state and local standards can still be developed to improve schools. The world history curriculum from the National Center for History in the Schools is an example of bungled standards.

Standards, Analysis, Cover Story, Study and teaching, Education, History, Educational standards, History education, Curriculum planning, Curriculum development, School improvement programs

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Whose right to die? America should think again before pressing ahead with the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia

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Recent court decisions upholding the legality of physician-assisted suicide are based on the mistaken beliefs that voluntary euthanasia is a new phenomenon and that it is widely supported. A social policy that keeps euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions is the best policy.

Evaluation, Netherlands, Social policy, Assisted suicide, Ethical aspects, Euthanasia

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What Main Street can learn from the mall

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Retail consultant Robert Gibbs advises downtown shopping areas to use shopping center strategies to revive their economic vitality. His suggestions center on safety, visual merchandising, traffic patterns and brand name marketing.

Economic aspects, Services, Retail industry, Retail trade, Marketing, Design and construction, Urban renewal, Marketing consultants, Central business districts, Gibbs, Robert

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