ON POINT TODAY (11am EST) : U.S. Creativity in Question

The headline in Newsweek is “The Creativity Crisis.” American kids with IQs headed up and “creativity quotients” headed down. 

The assertion is that since 1990, new research finds American kids demonstrating less creativity. Everybody has their explanation. TV. Videogames. Teaching to the test. No Child Left Behind. 

But if it’s true, the implications are large — economically and politically, and in terms of global competition. 

Creativity has been the American hallmark. And we need it now.

This Hour, On Point: Are we losing our creative edge? Why? And how to get it back.

-Tom Ashbrook