The low priority on arts and creativity in public school education is what prompted us to enroll our children in Waldorf education(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education). Although our kids attend a private Waldorf school (Cedarwood School, http://www.cedarwoodschool.org), there is a public charter Waldorf inspired school starting in Portland next year called the Village School (http://www.portlandvillageschool.org/). Although Waldorf education is certainly not the only way to teach creativity and arts, its unique approach to education of the whole child (Head, Heart and Hands) stands as an example of how we can develop capacities in our children that go beyond the narrow financial goals that were developed during the industrial revolution. True creativity is the key to our success as a people in the next generation, because, as Einstein said, "The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them."