Story Starters—A Deck of Cards for the Young Imagination

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In our book Imagination First, Eric Liu and I write about Oblique Strategies, a deck of cards created by musician Brian Eno in 1975: “Each of the over one hundred cards contains what Eno calls ‘a worthwhile dilemma’—a concise, cryptic prompt….meant to give direction.” Today, I bring news of another novel deck of cards, this [...]

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Changes in the Education Systems of East Asian Countries Look to the West

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Christopher St. Clair

Success carries its own need for change Since World War II, East Asia has had the fastest-growing economy in the world. Japan was rapidly joined by China, Singapore, South Korea, and other nations seemingly swept along by each other’s successes in the marketplace. From the beginning of its post-war ascent, East Asia has made education [...]

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The Imagination Network

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

What do Disney, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), and the U.S. Army have in common? Representatives from all three organizations appeared at America’s Imagination Summit, the education event that Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) hosted in New York City this past July. Their presence was not arbitrary; rather, I believe that [...]

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Lincoln Center Institute’s Capacities for Imaginative Learning

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Linda Miles

A growing number of blog visitors have been seeking information about Lincoln Center Institute‘s Capacities for Imaginative Learning. LCI has created the Capacities for Imaginative Learning as a framework for student learning, applicable to the Common Core Standards across the curriculum. The Capacities operate as both strategies for, and outcomes of, study according to LCI’s [...]

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LCI Joins Channel Thirteen in a Celebration of Education

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Christopher St. Clair

On March 18 and 19, WNET will sponsor the 2011 Celebration of Teaching and Learning. From Mehmet Oz to Oliver Sacks to Leymah Gbowee, each year the Celebration brings together extraordinary thinkers of our era, and whether their expertise lies in technology or health sciences, all come to discuss the state of education and the [...]

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Give Them Room to “Just Do the Thing”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Linda Miles

High school history teacher Diana Laufenberg has witnessed some amazing learning—and learned to step back and allow her students to fail along the way. In this brief TED Talks video, Laufenberg discusses how profound changes in the information landscape have altered education, opening up opportunities for experiential, student-centered learning focused on exploration and creativity. During [...]

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Imagination Conversation Report: Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

The Colorado Imagination Conversation on October 20 was held in a beautiful local space that embodied the ideas explored at the event: the Denver Botanic Gardens. Host organization Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) is a division of the state’s Office of Economic Development that aims to, among other things, “increase access to … creativity skills in [...]

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear (of Failure) Itself

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

The eighth annual Teens and Entrepreneurship Survey, conducted in August 2010 by Junior Achievement (JA), an organization that prepares students for success in the global economy, reveals contemporary teenagers’ concerns about their futures. According to a press release, out of 1,000 respondents between the ages of 12 and 17, 51% want to eventually start their [...]

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Coloring Outside the Lines

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Conversations aim to, among other things, unite diverse sectors by drawing attention to their shared reliance on imagination. So it’s exciting for me to see the corporate and education worlds coming together on behalf of this cause: Crayola and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) have just awarded “Champion [...]

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2nd Imagination Practice Winner Announced

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Christopher St. Clair

We recently announced that the next winning imagination practice might find its way into the upcoming revised edition of Imagination First. Well, so might the winner of the current contest round. Let’s have California teacher Betty Cavanaugh tell you about her imagination practice in her own words: “What is the world’s biggest secret? That is [...]

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