A Miami-Dade magnet school focusing on video game design and creation is in the works, and the principal has high hopes for the school. Not only is video gaming a growing industry that has risen to dwarf all other media, but the skills involved with game making have a home in a number of other places. Graphic design, animation, programming, and database management are all useful outside of gaming. The Miami Herald has the story.
They have film school, they have art school, they have music school, they have tech school. Why not a gaming school?