Now, this is interesting. There is a new school out there for those that really want to learn security. Classes aren't held in your conventional schoolground setting, but in an apartment building. The groups claims that they are not of the malicious variety, but of a security conscious group of people that are really interested in knowing more.
Check it out : http://xatrix.org/article1790.html

I would think that this may do more for the common conceptions of what a "Hacker" is, should the group not be putting a handful mal adjusted lunatics from their classes out into the world armed with a new level of security and networking. Of course as is with any education, it will be used as seen fit by the student in the end, but perhaps with guidance this will work out well..

What do you all think?