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Elon Musk is taking another entrepreneurial step and this time he is reimagining what education in America could be.
The billionaire has begun funding Ad Astra, a private Montessori preschool, outside Bastrop, Texas, recently released state documents show.
The preschool will be located on 40 acres of land and a 4,000-square-foot home will be remodeled for the project, according to Texas Health and Human Services Documents obtained by Bloomberg.
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Documents recently released by the state show that billionaire Elon Musk has begun funding a private Montessori school called Ad Astra outside Bastrop, Texas. (Ad Astra website)
Ad Astra’s website says it will be “focused on hands-on, project-based learning, where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and discover solutions to real-world problems. Ad Astra offers a progressive learning environment that emphasizes integration of science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in its curriculum”.
The initial permit shows the school can educate up to 21 students, but the website lists the population as 18 students ages 3 to 6 and 30 students ages 6 to 9.
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks during a US PAC town hall on October 26 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The Ad Astra website explains that it is currently open to all children ages 3 to 9 and that there are job openings for teaching assistants at all levels.
Tuition will be subsidized initially, according to Ad Astra’s website, but eventually “tuition will be in line with local private schools that include an extended day program.”
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas Manufacturing “Cyber Rodeo” grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The website describes the curriculum as “carefully sequenced and activity-based” intended to allow children to develop essential skills and problem-solving techniques “at their own pace.”
“This unique approach prepares children to, and ultimately master, reading, writing, and mathematics,” the website says.
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This is not the first mention of Musk’s interest in starting a school. Last year, his foundation set aside about $100 million to create a technology-focused elementary and high school in Austin and a possible university.
