Johanson gets her direction

Former PBS interactive chief Cindy Johanson will join the George Lucas Educational Foundation next week as chief operating officer. The new position reports to Milton Chen, executive director and former education topper at San Francisco’s KQED. Lucas, the director of Star Wars, said he wants Johanson’s help in making the foundation’s Edutopia.org website “the best archive of films, articles and tools for creating successful schools.”