Preschool teachers overwhelmingly support play-based learning, study finds

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Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn and grow. American preschool teachers overwhelmingly agree—but a new study finds that teachers in urban settings feel less family support for play-based learning than their suburban counterparts.