| Susan Ochshorn is an advocate for early childhood education who keeps track of the good and bad developments affecting young children. She is appalled by the increasing emphasis on academic activities and testing in the early years. She writes: "Forbes is on a mission. Earlier this year, "The Capitalist Tool" suggested that we might be "educating our kids out of creativity." She interviews John Converse Townsend, the media manager of Ashoka-- whosays "If we want a better, smarter planet, we need to change the way the next generation children are taught. Allowing kids to grow up without those prosocial, exploratory skills, leaving them unable to reach their potential, would be criminal.In order for our global society to develop solutions to pressing problems in an increasingly technology-driven and constantly changing world, we need to re-train our workforce to do what machines can't... |
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