Creativity: The Path to Economic Recovery

By David Burns

Since its first publication in 2005, Thomas L. Friedman’s book The World Is Flat has assumed almost Sputnik-like qualities. Like a warning shot across the bow of prosperity, it has forced us to rethink our position in the world and re-examine education’s contribution to the American dream. Seemingly innocent technological revolutions in distant lands have become dominoes falling toward us, threatening our economy. A sense of urgency permeates our thinking. It is heightened by alarming reports that U.S. schoolchildren lag their international peers, imperiling both their...