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We have in our society two types of publicly supported institutions whose explicit purpose is education—schools and libraries. How different they are from one another! The primary difference is this: Schools are places of forced education (or forced attempts at education) and libraries are places of voluntary, self-directed education. The other differences follow from that.
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Peter Gray, Ph.D
Peter Gray, research professor at Boston College, is author of an internationally acclaimed introductory psychology textbook and research articles in neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and education. Much of his research focuses on the role of play in children’s development. His book "Free to Learn," about children’s natural capacities for self-directed education, has appeared in 18 languages.
