Top Quotes from "Creative Schools"

I just finished Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education (link here).  I tweeted out the quotes that were most impactful to me along the way, and here they are all in one place.  A full blog post on the book is forthcoming.

So excited to read this book this weekend pic.twitter.com/MJUk2LxnnO

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 23, 2015

Industrial processes commonly overlook the value of raw materials that are not relevant to what is being made.The same is true in education.

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 24, 2015

(Robinson, 2015, p. 37) What “raw talent” do we overlook b/c it isn’t what we are trying to “make”?

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 24, 2015

And exactly what ARE we trying to make?

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 24, 2015

When mathematics was added to curricula in 1700s, it was met with resistance by traditionalists believing only in “classical” education

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 30, 2015

Sound familiar?

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 30, 2015

Students drop out of school when schools drop out of the real world. (Paraphrased from Mojkowski)

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 30, 2015

2013 U.S. Domestic movie gross: $11 billion. NFL is a $9B business. Educational testing & support is $16.5 billion (Robinson, 165)

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 30, 2015

“Standardized” is not the problem in education. The issue is what we choose to standardize (adapt Robinson, 176).

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) May 31, 2015

How do schools “banish the culture of anonymity that allows so many students to slip through virtually unnoticed”? (Robinson, 201)

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) June 2, 2015

“The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it is to encourage a culture where everyone has them” (Robinson, 205)

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) June 2, 2015

“Our children are always sending us signals about who they are becoming” (Robinson, 208). Are schools listening?

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) June 2, 2015

Find this book. Read it now. Start a revolution. http://t.co/RzVX7td4Ca

— Chris Sepersky (@sepersky) June 7, 2015