Creativity Must Hold a Place in the Core Curriculum in our Schools

I have had a burning passion for creativity since 1992, when I discovered my own creativity deep inside me. It saddens me when I think of how creativity is devalued in our education system. It is creativity that is capable of rendering us human. The current education system values the mechanistic over the humanistic.

I share with you today a video that I just watched. It will help confirm this theory and help us rethink our education system to include creativity in our core curriculum.

Enjoy! Please your comments and opinions on this blog so we can start a conversation on this issue.

Ken Robinson on how schools kill creativity:

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