Sir Ken Robinson Creative Schools

Creativity is my life. I speak on college and trade school campuses to do all I can as a creative mind to help others discover their flow of energy. I'm not the only one locating paths for others to call their own. From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Sir Ken Robinson New York Times bestselling author Ken Robinson’s 2006 TED Talk How Schools Killed Creativity has had over 31 million views and remains the most viewed TED talk of all time. This, coupled with his 2010 follow up talk, has reached an estimated 250 million people in over 150 countries. In 2011 he was listed as “one of the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” by Fast Company magazine, and was ranked among the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top business thought leaders. He’s also the international bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element. Now, in his new book, Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education (co-authored with Lou Aronica), he shows parents, educators and administrators how they can transform the way our schools work. By focusing first on the students and teachers (not test scores), schools can evolve into the organic, personal learning environments they deserve to be. While not against all forms of standardized testing, Robinson argues that test scores and grades are tools, not the ultimate objective. Too many kids are failing school and, with bachelor’s degrees (and beyond), are not finding work that they enjoy or that justifies the high expense of our universities. He shows that a one size fits all model does not work and that each student must be approached as an individual in order for them to succeed. Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D., is one of the world’s most influential educators. Listed by Fast Company as “one of the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” and ranked among the Thinkers50 of the world’s top business thought leaders, he advises governments, corporations, and leading cultural institutions.