Giving Compass' Take:

• Teaching students to be creative seems to be one of the more difficult tasks for schools, however the importance of creativity is not only vital to learning but for the outcome of our future work force. Exploration, elaboration, expression, reflection and response are the key stages to properly assess the way our students can get more creative... and it takes time and observation.  

• How can teachers implement the process of creativity? How can donors fund other areas or programs that involve teaching our children how to be creative on their own?

• Learn how to weave creativity into STEM teaching. 

Creativity is one of those ineffable skills that’s important—especially for jobs of the future—but hard to pin down. We know when we feel creative, and we know what creative work looks like. Measuring and assessing such work in a way that keeps kids inspired is another matter, though, and schools aren’t known for being good at it. For years, personalities like Sir Ken Robinson have taken education systems to task for actually testing the creativity out of students.

Author and educator Katie White, who’s something of an expert on the creative process, may have a practical solution.

She argues that creativity actually has a very visible side that can be nurtured. “A lot of people think it’s very formless, but the case that I’m making is that it’s actually very observable, and there’s plenty of things that would indicate creativity,” she says. That means teachers can both tease it out and measure it—provided they know what to look for.

Read the full article about creativity in schools by Stephen Noonoo at EdSurge.