FastTrac president praises CAPS’ high school entrepreneurial prep

High school can be challenging for teens, but typically that’s because of the growing pains of puberty and autonomy. But Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) has a different challenge for teenage students: to create a business or product. “We’re not preparing these students for college; we’re preparing them for life,” said Donna Deeds, CAPS…

High school can be challenging for teens, but typically that’s because of the growing pains of puberty and autonomy. But Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) has a different challenge for teenage students: to create a business or product. “We’re not preparing these students for college; we’re preparing them for life,” said Donna Deeds, CAPS executive director. Alana Muller, Kauffman FastTrac president, recently wrote a column explaining why FastTrac, which teaches and licenses entrepreneurial education around the world, supports the program. The Johnson County, Kan., school district this year helped more than 900 students get hands-on experience and since its inception four years ago has turned out one full patent, 11 provisional patents, six LLCs and a host of endorsements. Last year’s Student Innovator of the Year, Hunter Browning, co-founded sports app Fannect in September. — Source: Huffington Post

 


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