It seems like K-8 is pretty much reserved for core skills - math, sci, language etc. Where I could see a lot of value in this approach is at the high school le

It seems like K-8 is pretty much reserved for core skills - math, sci, language etc. Where I could see a lot of value in this approach is at the high school level (9-12). This type of program could be piloted at a few public, private and charter schools as an adjunct academy for students. Also it would have to really be multidisciplinary and the main focus would need to be on fostering creativity and transferring creative skills into the "real world", not just programming and a few art classes. There is a really interesting "entrepreneurial" program at Everett Community College (http://www.everettcc.edu/programs/bat/sbd/ http://www.everettcc.edu/programs/bat/sbd/), that could possible be reverse engineered into the type of program described above.