The George Lucas Educational Foundation & Edutopia

Posted by Kenneth Ronkowitz on Saturday, July 15. 2006

The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) was founded in 1991 as a
nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in K-12 public schools. Readers of this blog know my annoyance at with higher ed faculty who ignore things that say "K12" - believe there is much to be learning about good teaching from sources like this one.

They publish a good magazine, Edutopia, with stories of innovative teaching and learning
and much of it and more is available on CD-ROMs,
DVDs, books, and their website. The magazine is a free subscription.

Some samples from the site:

Interview video with Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond on teacher education.
"New Skills for a New Century" by Bob Pearlman - an article on how project-based learning teaches kids collaborative and critical thinking skills - most articles can be downloaded as a PDF too.
Professional development information - such as this piece with accompanying video on using learning communities

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