One of the best reports I read this summer - about students from age 10 being taught business and economics under the proposed national curriculum – received scant coverage. Nobody seemed terribly excited by the idea, even though teaching primary school kids about business is brilliant.

I have long argued we need to teach entrepreneurship at schools. Predictably, the draft shape of economics and business in the national school curriculum, from the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, focuses more on general understanding of business and economics.

It’s a good start, but I’d argue that encouraging kids in years five and six to be creative and dream about solutions to big problems is far better than teaching mostly general business and economic issues.

Don’t get me wrong: learning about general business issues and the economy is important. I studied economics at school and university and found it a great way to learn about the interaction of trends.

And I don’t suggest we educate 10-year-olds on how to start an entrepreneurial venture, risk everything on a lemonade stand, or punt on mining stocks. Instead, we should encourage older primary school kids to be creative in a business context and teach them core creativity concepts.