New Education: Creativity

Fresh off watching Sir Ken Robinson expound on why we are going at education all wrong: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66, I read this: "The idea is to create a [process to train people in creativity] that starts at the K-12 level. Perhaps not as far back as kindergarten, but definitely before 6th grade. Students would be trained in programming, art, writing, and other methods of creation. When the students graduate, some number of them will be given the opportunity to start a company. In return, the school will get 2-10% of the company." (From YCombintor's Hacker News) Not sure what I think - but its boldness, timeliness and the 2-10% hit me. Still going to get over to the latest Scobleshow with the teacher of the year and his ideas: http://urltea.com/1a5j?ScobleShowTeachofTheYear

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 12:00 AM

tagged: education