Reposted by Kristine Nelson
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
