Tom Torlakson, Superintendent of the California Department of Education, together with Malissa Shriver, the Chair of the California Arts Council (CAC), hatched an idea last year to create a "Blueprint for Creative Schools."

Torlakson convened the first meeting in Coronado, CA to talk about "how the arts and...

Many colleges and universities are looking to put more arts at the center of campus life and in the process, foster creativity.

The Creative Campus initiative, a program of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, is leading the way.

The idea began early in...

After reading but just a few of the Carnegie Corporation Reports over the last several years, it is clear that almost everything about the current educational system is in desperate need of an overhaul.

You don't need a PhD in math, for example, to know that part of the formula...

Click here to read an original op-ed from the TED speaker who inspired this post and watch the TEDTalk below.

Mick Ebeling's TEDTalk tells us about graffiti artist Tony Quan, whose tag name is Tempt One or Tempt 1.

Tony had no voice.

In fact, except...

After reading but just a few of the Carnegie Corporation Reports over the last several years, it is clear that almost everything about the current educational system is in desperate need of an overhaul.

You don't need a PhD in math, for example, to know that part of the formula...

Welcome to the global economy and society.

U.S. astronauts reflecting on their experiences in space all seemed to see the earth as one "big blue marble."

As NASA writes:

"For the first time in history, humankind looked at Earth and saw not a jigsaw...

Karen Kucher, who covers education for the San Diego Union Tribune, reported recently on California Senator Darrell Steinberg's proposed legislation requiring California Universities to accept online courses for college credit. If passed by the legislature, and signed by the Governor, who many believe is an advocate of...

Not unlike many media outlets, The New York Times recently reported about President Obama's call for "a multiyear research effort to produce an 'activity map' that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human brain."

George H.W.Bush made another presidential call for a...

More and more academics, design professionals and business executives are talking about the importance of empathy as a first step to creativity and innovation, the benchmarks of the so-called new economy. Empathy they say -- not apathy, not sympathy -- is fast becoming the secret to corporate success.

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STEAM Education for Teachers across America will get a boost this summer when the School for Educational Leadership (SOLES) at the University of San Diego (USD) will begin offering a new
online Masters Degree. Emphasizing the concepts of STEAM (for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) to teachers across...

In a noble effort to get more politicians to appreciate important role of the arts in education, House Representative Suzanne Bonamici (Dem. Ore) sent a letter to her colleagues asking them to join her and Aaron Schock (Rep. IL) on a "newly formed Congressional STEAM Caucus to increase understanding of...

Click here to read an original op-ed from the TED speaker who inspired this post and watch the TEDTalk below.

Worldwide, The Economist recently reported, "schools... are caught up in a global battle of ideas. In many countries education is at the forefront of...

There is genuine concern about Europe's financial stability and indeed, the future of the European Union (EU). The effort to foster a Creative Europe, however, holds unique promise.

While the Economic Summit in Davos reported financial experts were breathing a little easier about European stability, stories about the financial crisis...

This week, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Steven G. Poskanzer and David R. Anderson, the presidents of Carleton College and St. Olaf College talked "about how these two colleges could work together more closely in areas like the library, the colleges' technology infrastructure, human resources and...

Increasingly, many colleges and universities are looking to put more arts at the center of campus life and in the process, foster creativity.

The Creative Campus initiative, a program of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, is leading the way.

The idea began early...

The debate over STEM or STEAM, while intense, only marks the beginning of what needs to happen in education. Harvey White, founder and former President of Qualcomm, says both the STEM and STEAM concepts are really "placeholders" for something else that needs to be done in K-12 education and the...

If the naysayers don't kill the movement first, the effort to mold a new curriculum for the states offers tremendous opportunities to transform education.

Also known as the "state standards initiative," the call for a common core is one of the more intriguing methods to spark new ways of...

In the last decade alone, any business without a web presence -- without an online, interactive website -- was simply, not in business. Or wouldn't be for long. The government and nonprofit sector soon learned their way around the Internet too.

Now the Pew Charitable Trusts, specifically the...

What does open really mean? For that matter what is a museum?

As the British philosopher Alan Watts put it, museums are "places where art goes to die." But for most people, museums are cherished institutions... places that "house
artifacts and other objects of...

Watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post.

Janet Echelman's TEDTalk, "Taking Imagination Seriously," piques your interest as she describes her experiences as a non-artist -- now a public artist -- a sculptress really, but like no one you have ever seen before.

You feel her passion,...