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In 1997, Sir Ken Robinson was asked by the Government to chair a national task group on creativity, the economy and education. The National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education brought together leading business people, educators, artists and scientists. The resulting report, ?All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education?, was published in May 1999.

This report argued that, in order to meet the new challenges of a society increasingly focused on knowledge development, diversity and flexibility, there is a need to foster creative education that will ?develop young people?s capacities for original ideas and action?forms that enable young people to engage positively with the growing complexity and diversity of social values and ways of life?. The report called for a restructuring of the National Curriculum to emphasise the importance of arts and humanities as well as training for teachers in creative and cultural education.

Contemporary thinking suggests that an ever-increasing part of economic activity is driven by innovation and knowledge, and our ability to be creative is already defining the parameters of our future economic prosperity.

As a response to the All Our Futures report, Creative Partnerships set out to develop models for implementing its radical vision, placing creativity at the heart of learning.

Out of Our Minds: learning to be creative, by Ken Robinson, is published by Capstone ISBN 1-84112-125-8

More information about All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education can be found at the Department for Education and Skills http://www.dfes.gov.uk/naccce/index1.shtml or from the National Campaign for the Arts http://www.artscampaign.org.uk/campaigns/education/summary.html