Edutopia is a Web site published by The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). Founded in 1991 by filmmaker George Lucas

George Lucas

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...

 and venture capitalist Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold (venture capitalist)

Steve Arnold is a co-founder of Polaris Venture Partners.Steve represents Polaris on the boards of directors of Impinj and Noetix. Steve is co-founder and vice chairman of the board of directors of the George Lucas Educational Foundation...

, the Foundation celebrates and encourages innovation in K-12 schools .

Edutopia's editorial agenda is based on documenting, disseminating and advocating solutions related to six core learning strategies. .

• Project-based Learning
• Integrated Studies
• Comprehensive Assessment
• Social and Emotional Learning
• Technology Integration
• Teacher Development

External links

• Edutopia Official Site
• "News19 Teams Up with Edutopia," WLTX, 5/4/2010
• Edutopia: Students learn through a global culture
• Edutopia Magazine to Make Shift to Online Only
• "George Lucas Talks Tech in the Classroom," Star Wars Blog, September 19, 2007
• Pondiscio, Robert. "Edutopian Vision," Education Next, Summer 2010