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Albany author says too much structure kills kids’ creativity

Monday, June 30, 2008

By Kathy Ricketts
Gazette Reporter

After 35 years of working as a teacher and co-director of the Albany Free School, Chris Mercogliano sensed something was missing in the children he was teaching. ...

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