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There's no such thing as a bad idea, but are our schools letting any new ideas in at all?
Research from Auckland University shows a damper has been put on creativity at schools.
It's looked at 11 dimensions that make up a creative learning environment, and found there are fewer opportunities to explore new ideas at all levels of schooling.
Lead researcher Peter O'Connor told Mike Hosking our current system is focused on teaching kids to think inside discipline silos.
He says adding something they've learned in maths to something they've learned in English to create something new, is the competitive edge our nation needs - and schools aren't providing it.
O'Connor says it proves decades of neglect have stripped the arts from New Zealand schools.
He says he couldn't design the system better to destroy creativity than we currently do, and this study shows how it's done.
 “The creative environment falls of a cliff once you get to the secondary school.”
He says by the time young people finish high school the creative edge needed in work industries have faded away.
O’Connor says the teacher’s Union agree with him.
 
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