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A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element Ken Robinson is one of the worlds most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organizations history. Now, the internationally recognized leader on creativity and human potential focuses on one of the most critical issues of our time: how to transform the nations troubled educational system. At a time when standardized testing businesses are raking in huge profits, when many schools are struggling, and students and educators everywhere are suffering under the strain, Robinson points the way forward. He argues for an end to our outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on todays unprecedented technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the real challenges of the twenty-first century. Filled with anecdotes, observations and recommendations from professionals on the front line of transformative education, case histories, and groundbreaking research?and written with Robinsons trademark wit and engaging style? Creative Schools will inspire teachers, parents, and policy makers alike to rethink the real nature and purpose of education. From the Hardcover edition.

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ALSO BY KEN ROBINSON Finding Your Element The Element Out of Our Minds - photo 1

ALSO BY KEN ROBINSON

Finding Your Element

The Element

Out of Our Minds

PENGUIN BOOKS An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 375 Hudson Street New - photo 2

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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015

Published in Penguin Books 2016

Copyright 2015 by Ken Robinson

Penguin supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to continue to publish books for every reader.

eBook ISBN 9780698142848

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Robinson, Ken, 1950

Creative schools : the grassroots revolution that's transforming education / Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Creative thinkingStudy and teachingUnited States. 2. Creative abilityStudy and teachingUnited States. 3. Educational changeUnited States. 4. School improvement programsUnited States. I. Aronica, Lou. II. Title.

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To Bretton Hall College, Wakefield (19492001), and all who sailed in her.

Acknowledgments

Ive spent my life working in education. Along the way, Ive been inspired by many extraordinary teachers, scholars, and practitioners in all sorts of fields. There are, as they say, far too many to thank individually. The scale of my debt should become obvious as you read these pages, and especially to all of those in schools and elsewhere whose work we reference and describe. Nonetheless, I do need to thank some specific people who had a direct hand in producing this book.

First, I want to thank Lou Aronica, my cowriter and collaborator. He conducted and drafted many of the interviews and case studies that we feature here and, from start to finish, has been an expert and wise partner in the whole process. Im immensely grateful. Thank you, Lou.

John Robinson did much of the background research and fact-checking. He contributed enormously in many other ways to the overall process of enquiry and to making this for me an enjoyable, as well as an important, project.

Our literary agent, Peter Miller, was as professional as ever in ensuring the best route to publication. Kathryn Court and Tara Singh Carlson at Penguin have been expert partners in bringing the book into the world in its present form.

Jodi Rose was, as she always is, a maestro in making sure that all the moving parts of a complex schedule were properly prioritized and in always helping me see when things I thought really mattered really didnt.

My daughter, Kate Robinson, was a constant source of constructive support, sharing, as she does, a passion for these issues. My son, James, pressed me, as he always does, to be clearer and sharper in saying what I mean and meaning what I say.

Above all, Im grateful, in more ways than I can say, to Terry, my partner in work and life, who sustains me always with her conviction that what we do matters. Her unerring sense of the right path to take and the right values to uphold challenges me every day. A constant guide and mentor, its hard to imagine what I would achieve without her.

Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells

Introduction
One Minute to Midnight

A RE YOU CONCERNED about education? I am. One of my deepest concerns is that while education systems around the world are being reformed, many of these reforms are being driven by political and commercial interests that misunderstand how real people learn and how great schools actually work. As a result, they are damaging the prospects of countless young people. Sooner or later, for better or for worse, they will affect you or someone you know. Its important to understand what these reforms are about. If you agree that theyre going in the wrong direction, I hope you will become part of the movement to a more holistic approach that nurtures the diverse talents of all our children.

In this book, I want to set out how the standards culture is harming students and schools and to present a different way of thinking about education. I want to show too that whoever and wherever you are, you do have the power to make the system change. Changes are happening. All around the world, there are many great schools, wonderful teachers, and inspiring leaders who are working creatively to provide students with the kinds of personalized, compassionate, and community-oriented education they need. There are entire school districts and even national systems that are moving in the same direction. People at all levels of these systems are pressing for the changes Im arguing for here.

In 2006, I gave a talk at the TED conference in California called Do Schools Kill Creativity? The essence of that talk was that were all born with immense natural talents, but by the time weve been through education far too many of us have lost touch with them. As I put it then, many highly talented, brilliant people think theyre not because the thing they were good at in school wasnt valued or was actually stigmatized. The consequences are disastrous for individuals and for the health of our communities.

It has proven to be the most watched talk in the history of TED. It has been viewed online more than thirty million times and has been seen by an estimated three hundred million people worldwide. I know thats not as many views as Miley Cyrus gets. But I dont twerk.

Since that talk was posted online, Ive heard from students all around the world who say theyve shown it to their teachers or parents, from parents who say theyve shown it to their children, from teachers whove shown it to their principals, and from superintendents whove shown it to everybody. I take this as evidence that Im not alone in thinking this way. And these are not recent concerns either.

I was speaking last year at a U.S. college in the Midwest. Over lunch, one of the faculty said to me, Youve been at this a long time now, havent you? I said, At what? He said, Trying to change education. How long is it now? Eight years? I said, What do you mean, eight years? He said, You know, since that TED talk. I said, Yes, but I was alive before that....

Ive now worked in education for more than forty years as a teacher, researcher, trainer, examiner, and adviser. Ive worked with all sorts of people, institutions, and systems in education and with businesses, governments, and cultural organizations. Ive directed practical initiatives with schools, districts, and governments; taught in universities; and helped to set up new institutions. In all of this, Ive been pushing for more balanced and individualized and creative approaches to education.

In the last ten years especially, I hear people everywhere saying how exasperated they are by the deadening effects of testing and standardization on them, their children, or their friends. Often they feel helpless and say theres nothing they can do to change education. Some people tell me they enjoy my talks online but are frustrated that I dont say what they can do to change the system. I have three responses. The first is, It was an eighteen-minute talk; give me a break. The second is, If youre really interested in what I think, Ive published various other books, reports, and strategies on all of this, which you may find helpful. The third response is this book.

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