A great idea for the classroom and a well written article. It's sad that our education system has been forced to focus on standardized testing with programs like No Child Left Behind Act. This forces teachers to "teach to the test" and focus on math and reading scores. Soon teachers may be paid and promoted based on the test scores from their class. In fact, the 4.35 billion in stimulus is not available to California's education system unless a law that prevents the state from tying student test scores to teacher performance is changed. With this change, creative curriculum will only be further limited, as well as our children's education.