Edutopia to bring success to Kentuckiana - WHAS 11

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(WHAS11)-WHAS11 is launching a new project called "Edutopia".

Each week we'll visit schools all over the country and show you what's working in public education, and how these successes can be adopted right here in our own schools.

In San Diego, there's a high school where nearly every student graduates, and every graduate is accepted into college.

Students are engaged because they learn by working on projects that produce important products. Like a DNA bar-coding process that will help convict poachers in Africa.

“I know everyone is serious about it because it's a serious issue but this is really a lot more fun than you would be able to do in any other classroom,” says Mari a student/High Tech High

Every student performs a meaningful internship in the community.

At this elementary school in Tucson, Arizona, the arts are used in every classroom to help teach every subject.

Opera helps first graders learn to write.

Dance teaches second graders geometry.

Fourth graders learn science while playing the violin.
 
Independent research confirms that reading, writing and math scores have improved dramatically.

In Brooklyn, New York, 4th and 5th graders are making their school safer.  They're learning to become peace helpers.

To understand their own anger and help younger children to resolve conflicts.

These stories and more come to NBC bay area courtesy of the George Lucas educational foundation.

“I strongly believe that education is the single most important job that the human race has,” says film director George Lucas 

Though more famous for his feature film success, Lucas has been working for years to document success in public education around the country.

I didn't enjoy school very much. Occasionally I would come up with a teacher who would inspire me. But as I got older and i began to work with computer technology and telling stories through film, I began to wonder 'why couldn't we use these new technologies to help improve the educational process?"  says Lucas

The foundation's website, edutopia.org is a comprehensive resource for parents and teachers. 

 “I’m very excited that we have been able to help give people the tools they need to go into their own community and improve their own educational systems in their own way,” says George Lucas.

 

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