According to a recent “Newsweek” article titled “The Creativity Crisis,” research shows that American creativity is declining for the first time. If this trend continues, the nation’s economic and national security will be at risk.
The research is based on results of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, which has been used to test American creativity for half a century. Dr. Kyung Hee Kim, assistant professor of education at the College of William & Mary, analyzed the data and found that American creativity scores began to fall in 1990 after having risen steadily for decades. And they have been falling significantly ever since. The reasons why are not clear.
For centuries, the U.S. has been the world’s creativity leader. It’s critical that it maintains that position.
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Author: Bill Costello
