School - the good old days. Or were they good? Can't really remember. I do remember some of the classes I had to take though, and I would've gladly passed on another year of French to learn how to program videogames. We had programming classes, but the most we programmed was a clock to tell the time. I must admit it is interesting hearing about developing videogames as part of a school curriculum.

From the article:

Capitalizing on youthful passion for video games, school leaders hope to keep more kids in school by offering the chance to conceive, design, build — and sell — their own video game.

"That's what they love," said David White, the school's chief academic officer. "That's the hook."

The Dayton Technology Design High School will enroll about 100 students, with about 80 in the "virtual game" track, requiring a three-year commitment and culminating in the completion, marketing and possibly sale of a student-created educational video game.

Read the full article over at DaytonDailyNews.com