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In the hothouse that child raising has become, play is all but dead. Thanks to achievement pressures, kids’ play is going the way of the hula hoop.…Deemed extraneous and expendable, play, like art classes, has been sacrificed to the mistaken, mechanistic belief that the path to educational efficiency is straight and narrow and runs strictly through reading, math, and science.
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Hara Estroff Marano
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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.
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