The truth is that the next-generation student will drive technologies into schools, just as the next-generation workforce is driving them into business.

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Corporate influence, for-profit schools, and competition as driving forces behind reform goals.

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In New Jersey, classes would be modeled after the free 90-minute programs now available in some schools, which underscore the dangers of teen driving, the leading cause of death for 16- to 20-year-olds nationally.

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Cops would arrive in schools, sometimes driving cars confiscated from drug-dealers, and tell 11- and 12-year-olds about the dangers of illicit substances.

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Such restrictions apply to cinemas, news-stands, beauty parlours, hairdressing salons and even driving schools.

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Elsewhere in Canada, especially British Columbia and Ontario, dissatisfaction with public-school standards is increasingly driving parents to pack their children off to private schools.

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"Anyone driving will appreciate the difference in traffic between the holidays and term time - and schools in Hebden Bridge have real parking problems, " says road safety officer, Peter Shepherdson.

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