Joan Ganz Cooney, founder of Sesame Workshop, Interview

Neil Shapiro, of New York City’s WNET13,recently interviewed Joan Ganz Cooney, the founder of the Sesame Street and co-founder of The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, for the Pioneers series.  The Center applies Ms. Ganz Cooney’s ground breaking 40 year old question, “How can emerging media help children learn?” by bring it into the 21st century digital space.

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Watch Pioneers of Thirteen: Joan Ganz Cooney on PBS. See more from THIRTEEN Specials.

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