What You Should Know About Business Incubator
By Ian Smith
Director of High School Instruction
Wheaton Warrenville CUSD 200
One of the most innovative courses offered in recent years by school districts across Illinois and the country, is Business INCubator.
Business INCubator began during the 2013-2014 school year as a course designed to teach entrepreneurship to students at Barrington High School, District 220. As a result of its highly relevant and “hands-on” instructional approach, Business INCubator soon became very popular among students. One of the keys to the success of this course was in its partnership with local business professionals, who were welcomed into the classroom to work with individual student teams to directly impart their wisdom and knowledge to them. Within a few short years, under the newly formed Uncharted Learning, NFP, Business INCubator soon began expanding into other districts in Illinois and beyond.