What Works in Public Education

George Lucas


Credit: Howard Roffman

George Lucas is chairman of the board of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. He has long held a concern about how to improve education -- a concern that focuses on heightening the vast imagination and curiosity of a child. Lucas grew up in the small town of Modesto, California, and attended the University of Southern California film school. As a storyteller, visionary, and innovator, his imagination reached into the galaxy with the Star Wars saga. He is also creator of the Indiana Jones series and the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.