John Williams

I have been interested in innovative approaches to eduction for a long time. I was working with Ken Robinson on a multi media Wikipedia Education Initiative before he passed away, and I enjoyed my one course per month “block plan” at Colorado College and my very flexible late high school years that allowed me to take independent studies in Chinese History, Poetry, religion and the arts, theater directing and Russian literature.I worked at PBS and produced a significant numbers of shows for Great Performances, American Masters and American Playhouse etc, and worked with Sam Shepard, Spalding Gray, John Malkovich, etc. I am the original producer of the Shrek movies and half a dozen other independently made animated features, Seven Years In Tibet and On The Road. The Levitt Lab School has all the promise of transforming the high school (& the future of all school) experiences. The curriculum and purpose of the school is profoundly original and exciting and could easily become a widely adopted alternative to today’s uninspiring school system.