Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Do Schools Kill Creativity? A Conversation We Still Need to Have By Jason T. Rogers I’ve watched a lot of TED Talks over the years, but there’s one I keep coming back to. It’s simple, sharp, and deeply human. Sir Ken Robinson’s “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” If you haven’t seen it, take 20 minutes and watch it. If you have seen it, watch it again. Not because you forgot what he said—but because his message is more relevant now than ever. “We don’t grow into creativity. We grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out of it.” That line hit me the first time I heard it—and it still does. A System That’s Lost Its Way Robinson makes a compelling point: the way we’ve built school systems doesn’t nurture creativity—it systematically squeezes it out . Children start school with natural curiosity. They explore. They experiment. They make mistakes. And they learn from those mistakes. But somewhere along the way, we teach them to stop doing that. We tell them there's one right ...