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This excellent article on the decline of creativity by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman in Newsweek is worth reading if you are at all interested in how we can empower our schools (and ourselves) to incite more creativity in our children's lives.  The authors cite longitudinal studies (Torrence Test of Creative Thinking) with recent findings in neuroscience to portray a society in need of a jolt to its creative juices.  The decline in creativity described in the piece is not surprising and the usual suspects are trotted out as to why - video games, television, etc - but the best parts about the article are the examples of the innovative ways educators and scientists are combatting the decline and actually teaching creativity.