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CHILDHOOD

Are people losing a sense of what's genuinely good and appropriate for children?

Pushing the youngest students to reach their full potential -- academically, athletically, artistically -- makes a fearful scramble to the fast track.

Some worry that the experience of school and childhood is headed in the wrong directions. Structured learning might miss upon concepts of child development with exploration. Social and emotional readiness matters, writes educator Jeanne Bustard.