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Field Trips to the Mall?
A growing number of public and private schools are taking their students on"retail" field trips to outlets such as Petco, Sports Authority, Winn-Dixie, andthe carmaker Saturn, EDUCATION WEEK reports.
In a time of tightened budgets,these retail field trips have proved popular, but have also been criticized asblatantly promotional. Is there a role for school field trips to retail stores? What do such fieldtrips teach?
What kinds of field trips are most valuable for students?
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