Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach Peter Cunningham will give opening remarks at the America’s Imagination Summit in New York City on Thursday, July 21. Cunningham will discuss the Department’s commitment to a well-rounded curriculum and the importance of creativity in the classroom, as outlined in the Department’s Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The summit is the culminating event of the Imagination Conversations, a project of the Lincoln Institute aimed at promoting and protecting imagination and creativity in American education. Representatives from across the country, Imagination Conversations national sponsors, various elected officials, legislators, education experts, business leaders, artists, and scientists will attend the day-and-a-half long conference.