Lincoln Center Institute publishes white papers on its educational philosophy, practice, and initiatives.

White papers that LCI has written over the past several years are available for download below.

Findings of the Imagination Conversations: The Lessons of a Two-Year National Initiative (2011)
This document is an in-depth look at the genesis of Lincoln Center Institute’s Imagination Conversations, findings of the initiative, and next steps resulting from it. The report’s four sections are:
          1. The Call for Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation (ICI)
          2. Lincoln Center Institute’s Response: The Imagination Conversations
          3. Findings of the Conversations
                    • How ICI Functions across Professions and Sectors
                    • How ICI is Nurtured and Sustained in Different Contexts
                    • How to Cultivate ICI in Schools
          4. Commitments to Further Action

Learning to Imagine (2011)
If we believe imagination is first in a continuum leading through creativity to innovation, what would happen if imagination were central to education? Focusing on the role imagination can play within schools in a democratic society, this paper looks at two programs that put imagination at the heart of learning. The first is Imaginative Learning across content areas, as developed by Lincoln Center Institute. The second is the Making work being done in science classroms by the Exploratorium, a San Francisco science museum.

Reports on the Imagination Conversations: Spring 2009–Summer 2011 (2011)
This document provides basic information about every Imagination Conversation that has taken place since Lincoln Center Institute started the initiative, including:
          • Date and location
          • Host organization
          • Participants
          • Structure
          • Notable outcomes

Aesthetic Education, Inquiry, and the Imagination (2009)

The Arts and Education: Shifting the Paradigm (2009)

Education Traditions (2005)