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Jesse Walker Children's Entertainment Can Be Education

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In the article, Children’s Entertainment Can Be Educational, Jesse Walker tells of the beginnings of Sesame Street and the now popular combination of children's entertainment and education. Walker writes of the initial motivation for the foundation of a televised preschool. The article follows Sesame Street through its history as it struggles to reach and maintain certain goals. Whether or not one agrees with televised education, Walker expresses how it is undeniable that Sesame Street changed the way the world views children's television. The article encompasses the idea that Sesame Street was built solely to ‘get children ready for school’, but in reality the true intent of its creation was to expand on children’s ability to learn from
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