Hooking up schools to the creative economy

How we can put creativity and art in schools back on the nation’s agenda.

The future economic competitiveness of the United States will depend on creative thinking, manifested both in future citizens’ entrepreneurial finesse and their ability to adapt old institutions to new realities. The skills taught by the arts are the perfect fit for this challenge, yet they are barely mentioned in the conversation about schools and economic development.

This Lab will try to bridge that gap, hooking up the best thinking on the creative economy with our ongoing inquiry into the purpose of school. Our partner will be The Creative Coalition, a group of heavyweights in entertainment and public policy. Together, we’ll ask how we can put creativity and art in schools back on the nation’s agenda.

http://www.theinsightlabs.org/labs/hooking-up-schools-to-the-creative-economy

(Many thanks to MAPS http://www.mapsmediainstitute.org/ for sharing this.