How School Crushes Creativity

The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it - alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others.

After reading this book, you will understand: Why schools kill creativity; Why experts think that creatively oriented curricula can help balance the current didactic gap; The upsetting detriments that children - and society as a whole - bear as a result of this gap; and The comprehensive yet feasible solutions that policymakers can implement to fix the creativity quandary and align academic objectives with the goals of businesses and society as a whole.

Who will benefit from this book? Federal education officials, including policymakers and specialists at the Department of Education; State and local policymakers; Teachers; Teacher unions; Education support professionals District and school leaders; Students; Families; and Business and community leaders.