What would Disney learn in school today?
What Would Walt Disney Learn in School Today? In Teacher Magazine, Anthony S. Colucci suggests that our schools “would shun minds similar to those of Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, and Walt Disney.”
Would we give (Disney) an outlet to express his creativity or, better yet, foster it? What would his school day consist of? Would he draw a sketch of Mickey Mouse, only to be ridiculed by his teacher because he should have been practicing his times tables?
I am sure that in today’s high-stakes testing environment, Disney’s creativity would be stifled by countless hours of basic reading instruction. He might not even have an art class due to funding shortfalls and a resulting budget that clearly places the arts at the bottom of the priority list.
Short-sighted administrators reject “critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem solving” as “fluff,” writes