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Ken Robinson is a British author and educator renowned for his research on educational innovation and creativity. His works, such as 'The Element' and 'Out of Our Minds', have had a profound impact worldwide, advocating for educational systems to focus more on nurturing creativity in students.

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“Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.”

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“I believe this passionately: that we don't grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.”

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“There is no system in the world or any school in the country that is better than its teachers. Teachers are the lifeblood of the success of schools.”

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“The real role of leadership in education ... is not and should not be command and control. The real role of leadership is climate control, creating a climate of possibility.”

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“Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if we just get it right, it will all hum along perfectly into the future. It won't, and it never did.”

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“Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee rooms of our legislative buildings. It happens in classrooms and schools, and the people who do it are the teachers and the students. And if you remove their discretion, it stops working.”

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“The dropout crisis is just the tip of an iceberg. What it doesn't count are all the kids who are in school but being disengaged from it, who don't enjoy it, who don't get any real benefit from it.”

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“To improve our schools, we have to humanize them and make education personal to every student and teacher in the system. Education is always about relationships. Great teachers are not just instructors and test administrators: They are mentors, coaches, motivators, and lifelong sources of inspiration to their students.”

“Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education.”

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“Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the effectiveness of our educational systems”

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“Imagination is the source of all human achievement.”

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Born: March 4, 1950
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Quotes: 130

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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes EverythingRelated source material

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be CreativeRelated source material

Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming EducationRelated source material

Out of Our Minds: The Power of Being CreativeRelated source material

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