Wendy Berliner is an award winning journalist and the CEO of the Education Media Center. Berliner penned this piece to inform the public about the inner workings of the education system and advocate for meaningful changes. Her work highlights the need for an overhaul in the education system, emphasizing the importance of nurturing students’ curiosity rather than stifling it. Supported by research, Berliner’s compelling argument underscores the urgency and seriousness with which we must address these issues
Promoting curiosity in children, especially those from environments of economic disadvantage, may be an important, under-recognised way to address the achievement gap. Promoting curiosity is a foundation for early learning that we should be emphasising more when we look at academic achievement.
“How well they behave, and how they perform seem much more important to many people in the educational communities. Often educational bureaucracies have shunted curiosity to the side.”
“There is not enough time in schools for creativity and following up on curiosity”
