Elliot Washor, Ed D is the co-founder and co-director of The Big Picture Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also the co-founder of The Met Center in Providence, RI.

Elliot has been involved in school reform for more than 30 years – as a teacher, principal, administrator, video producer and writer. He has taught and is interested in all levels of school from kindergarten through to college, in urban and rural settings, across all disciplines. His work has spanned school design, pedagogy, learning environments and education reform. He is supporting others doing similar work throughout the world. Elliot’s interests lie in the field of how schools can connect with communities to understand tacit and disciplinary learning both in and outside of school. 

At Thayer High School in Winchester, NH, his professional development programs won an Innovations in State and Local Government Award from the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has been selected as the 'educator to watch' in Rhode Island and has recently been selected as one of the Dirty Dozen – The Twelve Most Daring Educators by the George Lucas Education Foundation.

His dissertation on Innovative Pedagogy and New Facilities won the merit award from DesignShare, the international forum for innovative schools.

Elliot lives in sunny San Diego with his wife and five dogs.

You can e-mail Elliot at ewashor@aol.com.