The Michael Berry Show

The reason for our next guest I find fascinating people to be interesting radio guests and content guests and

This is a guy I came across because he posted about this high school and we played this

did we play it yesterday so it's a great story out of Dallas about a school that is

preparing people for real life and I was so excited by this story. Here is the story and then I'll explain our guest.

At the intersection of Inspiration Boulevard and Innovation Way sits an experiment in education. We think this is the experiment in education.

We think this is the future of education.

It is certainly something that has never been done before.

It's not like school because when people think of school,

they think like, oh, there's a bunch of kids going in there to learn. You really

have like more experiences here so it doesn't really feel like learning when I'm

here. Forney I. S.D.'s newest campus is called Opportunity Central. It's the first we found in the nation with any sort of concept like this or any kind of building like this as well.

Upstairs are classrooms.

Downstairs is... Upstairs are classrooms.

Downstairs is where students really learn.

I don't describe it as my high school. I would describe it as, I don't know, maybe a job. Like I think you have

responsibilities and you get to learn as you go just as someone would in their own

job. Businesses are moving in on the first floor of this campus.

Eddie Deans is opening a barbecue restaurant.

Mary Sue's hot chicken is coming.

So is southern social eatery. Down the corridor a salon has signed a lease and

Construction is almost complete on Martin's Automotive around Bats

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