To develop Systems Citizens in K-12 education who use systems thinking and system dynamics to meet the interconnected challenges that face them at personal, community, and global levels.

The Creative Learning Exchange was founded as a non-profit in 1991 by the progenitor of the field of System Dynamics, Jay W. Forrester, to encourage the development of systems citizens who use systems thinking and system dynamics to meet the interconnected challenges that face them at personal, community, and global levels.

The Creative Learning Exchange encourages an active, learner-centered process of discovery for 3-19 year old students to engage them in meaningful, real-world problem solving through the mastery of systems thinking and system dynamics modeling.

Since its inception, the CLE has worked to encourage educators to use systems thinking and system dynamics in classrooms and schools in the United States and internationally.

The CLE's website offers free curriculum, as well as books and videos to help educators and students learn and utilize systems thinking and system dynamics in the classroom and the school organization.