Edutopia

The George Lucas Educational Foundation just launched a new education magazine: edutopia. George Lucas, who founded the organization was recently interviewed by the magazine:

Lucas, 60, is the father of three, but his interest in education dates back to his own school experience, as a boy in Modesto.

In an interview in the premiere issue of Edutopia, Lucas said, "I had a very hard time with education, and I was never described as a bright student. I was considered somebody who could be doing a lot better than I was doing, not working up to my potential. I wish I had known some of these (new methods) back then."

"The way we are educating is based on 19th century ideas and methods. ... Our system of education is locked in a time capsule. You want to say to the people in charge, 'You're not using today's tools! Wake up!"

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 17, 2004 12:45 PM
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