His proposed curriculum sounds very similar to the one used by Fairmont High in Verner Vinge's Rainbows End http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End http://en.

His proposed curriculum sounds very similar to the one used by Fairmont High in Verner Vinge's Rainbows End http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_End. Fairmont High was actually the current equivalent of a Trade School.