“Researchers say creativity should be taken out of the art room and put into homeroom. The argument that we can’t teach creativity because kids already have too much to learn is a false trade-off. Creativity isn’t about freedom from concrete facts. Rather, fact-finding and deep research are vital stages in the creative process.” http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

This is, I thought, a well written article expressing what has been evident for decades: a sad lack of respect for raw creativity, and a misunderstanding of its enormous importance to every nuance of life. Worth reading.