Tag: Corey Mohn

Overland Park-based CAPS education network launching cross-cultural program in India

By Tommy Felts / February 6, 2019

The Center for Advanced Professional Studies’ (CAPS) first international affiliate program in India has the potential to break down geographic barriers to provide students with exposure to real workplace experiences on a global stage, said Corey Mohn. “I think [the American School of Bombay] is really the perfect partner to get started with,” said Mohn,…

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Corey Mohn, Blue Valley CAPS

Vote now: Kansas Citians vie to lead tech, education panels at SXSW 2019

By Tommy Felts / August 20, 2018

A cadre of Kansas Citians are hoping to take the podium at one of the nation’s largest tech and innovation conferences in 2019. At least four Kansas City tech and entrepreneurship leaders are vying for panel or speaking spots at the 2019 South by Southwest conference March 8-17 in Austin, Texas. SXSW recently opened voting…

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CAPS leader Corey Mohn: Remaking education starts with experiential learning

By Tommy Felts / June 26, 2018

The Center for Advanced Professional Studies model was a solution to a single school district’s senioritis problem. Blue Valley Schools created CAPS and launched a small cohort of early-adopter students into this new program in 2009. Taking the chance that students would be responsible, professional and innovative when given freedom, CAPS connected students directly to…

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Education network CAPS snags $145K from Kauffman Foundation

By Tommy Felts / November 8, 2017

A homegrown education innovation network announced Wednesday it was awarded a $145,000 grant to expand its programming across the nation, courtesy of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) program began in the Blue Valley School District in 2009 and is now expanded to 33 programs encompassing 69 school districts…

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Voting open: KC-based efforts vie for spots among SXSW 2018 panels

By Tommy Felts / August 14, 2017

SXSW 2018 is still six months away, but members of the Kansas City startup community need supporters’ help now to land a coveted spot on the Austin-based conference’s panel lineup for March. At least three proposals with KC ties are among those being considered during SXSW’s PanelPicker Community Voting process, which runs through Aug. 25.…

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