The article title sensationalizes the sum of two separate findings, without arguing (except by anecdote) that the findings can be summed that way (or at all).

The article title sensationalizes the sum of two separate findings, without arguing (except by anecdote) that the findings can be summed that way (or at all). That is, "teachers don't like creative students" is not at all the same thing as "teachers report not liking disruptive behavior" + "creativity is positively correlated with disruptive behavior." I strongly suspect many readers on HN: - are creative - were at times disruptive in school - were nevertheless well-liked by the vast majority of their teachers