We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test.
There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.
The innovation and creativity that's so manifest in the rest of society needs to be turned on our school systems.
Creativity seldom thrives in an atmosphere of great discipline or scrutiny. That's one reason we tend not to want our leaders to get too creative.
What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.
I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.
People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.
Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
The truly creative people tend to be outliers.
In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.