Is the American education system taking creativity away?
Creativity is very important in the classroom and yes, states in America are taking this away. Kids need creativity to help retain the information they are supposed to be learning. Because of budget problems plaguing most areas, music and art have been cut from the program. Not as many supplies are available to the teachers and many of them do not have the financial freedom to dig into their own pockets to buy the necessary items to give kids a creative learning environment. Tutoring and field trips are also being cut. The teacher accountability reform has forced teachers to focus primarily on kids who are passing or probably will pass. They are not focusing on kids who are failing. Those kids are being left behind. The strict guidelines that are in place now for evaluating kids on the amount of information they are retaining is creating a problem. Teachers are having to focus primarily on the subjects that are on the tests and not being allowed the time to teach anything creative. Our
