"Do schools kill creativity?"
Definitely IMHO. I've worked in a (UK) school and I know the absolute focus on results these days. There is absolutely no room for anything else. Despite the complete lie schools feed us.
Schools are judged on results. If results go down, the school loses pupils as those results are published. The school's income goes down and staff lose their jobs. Eventually the school closes. Inspections don't measure quality of teaching, they measure attainment in exams. Exam results are everything, and schools lie about the figures to an extent that politicians would be embarrassed about.
Even in primary schools, there's pressure to reach attainment levels and show improvement measured by testing of memorised facts. Teaching focuses almost entirely on memory development as opposed to creativity.
Personally, having experienced it first hand, I would never send children into public education and recommend home schooling every time.
Definitely IMHO. I've worked in a (UK) school and I know the absolute focus on results these days. There is absolutely no room for anything else. Despite the complete lie schools feed us.
Schools are judged on results. If results go down, the school loses pupils as those results are published. The school's income goes down and staff lose their jobs. Eventually the school closes. Inspections don't measure quality of teaching, they measure attainment in exams. Exam results are everything, and schools lie about the figures to an extent that politicians would be embarrassed about.
Even in primary schools, there's pressure to reach attainment levels and show improvement measured by testing of memorised facts. Teaching focuses almost entirely on memory development as opposed to creativity.
Personally, having experienced it first hand, I would never send children into public education and recommend home schooling every time.
