ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an account of the rise of the 'creative educational class' – a distinct group of commentators and educators who argues that we live in 'the creative age' and who seeks to redirect schooling and teaching. It explores how and why 'creativity' has become a keyword in educational circles. 'Creativity' has become an important feature of educational debates in countries such as the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. The chapter explains the 'dangerous rise' of the creative educational class. It provides a rough guide to the creative educational class and how it has come to shape debates about the future of schooling and education. Geoff Mulgan argues that new institutions, norms, and cultures of learning will be required to realise the potential of the new economy. In 1996, the Harvard Educational Review published an article – entitled 'Designing Social Futures' – by a collective of educational thinkers called the New London Group.
