This Creativity-in-Education discussion list has been set up to stimulate discussion and disseminate information on the subject of creativity in education. We feel that there is a great need to generate a contrasting discourse alongside those of 'value for money', 'effective institutions', 'institutional improvement', 'target achievement' and 'global competition'. At the same time we feel that a creativity discourse could make a significant contribution to the appreciation and administration of these other approaches.