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Read the transcript or watch the video with Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity/transcript

What are your thoughts about how allowing for more creativity and innovation in schools might support behavioral needs of students?

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Allowing students more opportunity for creativity in education is discussed.

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It really isn't just about behavior, where facilitating creativity is generically getting better. Allowing the NEW GENERATION of children to follow their inner compass will be critical for education and children of the future. With the spawning of charter schools, homeschooling and other options that were basically unheard of thirty years ago, the dynamics provoke better creative opportunity.

Yesterday this writer attended an area regional science project fair and the winner was from SCHOOL: homeschool. Now this is not to suggest all students/families will excel or even be capable of handling the homeschool learning situation but it offer a strong statement.
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