Curriculum.....
There is some of that "stuff" in the Inventor's Guide and more of it at CMU's Robotics Institute website. I was also a part of a group that plugged Vex into a new course being taught at the two high schools in the Lower Merion, PA district next year. The course comes directly from "TEAP" and is called Innovation & Invention. This is structured for PA, but it's applicable to any state with a little work.
Basic framework of the course we are using is found here:
http://www.teap-online.org/publicati...innovation.htm
I've been involved in several curriculum/standards/robotics projects in the last year and I'd be more than happy to work with anyone interested in developing a course. Given the curriculum cycle in most places, it's more than likely any full-blown new courses would have to be approved next year for inclusion in 2007-2008. We began the process for next year's course approval back in the fall. Our district process includes a two-step written proposal, presentation to the school board, and final board approval. By the time our group advanced to the presentation phase, we had kids demonstrating actual Vex robots while our Technology Ed staff did the presentation. It's unlikely you could squeeze that whole process in for next year at this point, however there are plenty of ways to encorporate the Vex system into existing courses as well.
Please email or PM me if you have further interest.