The future of education – High school program "accelerates" entrepreneurial, real-world education

The future of education may be right here in Kansas City, tucked away in a modern building in Overland Park, Kan., bustling with teenagers.

The Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS), part of the Blue Valley school district, takes an entrepreneurial, innovative approach to education that aims to provide more than 900 junior and senior high school students with hands-on, real world experience.

"We don’t really act like a school," CAPS director Chad Ralston said.

The facility doesn’t look like a school either. From the artwork and motivational quotes on the walls, to the modern, collaborative spaces, to "classmates," such as a working flight simulator, mock hospital patients, basketball-tossing robots and 3D printers, just about everything about CAPS is unique. There is a corporate boardroom, a state-of-the-art science lab, a high-tech athletic training center, a shop room that puts your typical high school shop class to shame, and open presentation spaces to share it all.

by Annie Sorensen

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