In a follow-up to the blog post I wrote on A Vision of Students Today I came across this video on TED Talks.

Take twenty minutes to watch this video – you won’t be disappointed – you will be inspired!

I encourage you to share this video with others and talk about these ideas with your own kids, teachers, and educational leaders through out our global community.

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize — much less cultivate — the talents of many brilliant people. “We are educating people out of their creativity,” Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online.