Overall, government education is a factory model of education. Of course, the quality of the output will be determined by those in control. In the case of government schools, the factory resembles the assembly line for cakes that Lucy and Ethel worked on.
More seriously, the emphasis on “creativity” is merely an attempt to cover for failure and intellectual sabotage. The system cannot be fixed. The public needs to be told the full truth: government schooling is a “tale” told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In other words, tell them that the government system needs to end now.
“...the emphasis on “creativity” is merely an attempt to cover for failure and intellectual sabotage.”
Bingo.
Creativity requires focus, discipline, and finely honed skills. It is the result of a certain amount of passion in the pursuit of a goal.