Creativity, content, and policy have multiple relationships. Creativity and disciplinary content are inextricably linked. In dealing with creativity, the first education policy choice is whether to recognize and act on that fact. Care is needed in using the term "creativity" in advocacy contexts, lest the relationship between creativity and…

How do those concerned about arts teaching in schools confront the fact that the arts disciplines are often designated as basics, but often not treated like "real" basics? The following questions may be useful in seeking a way forward regionally, nationally, and especially locally: (1) What do we do about these two facts: (a) many proposals…