Many years ago I did the Skip Barber open wheel driving school. It was fun but I don't think that I really learn't much from it that could be applied to a road car. I know other track rookies that did the 3-day Skip Barber where they use pretty much all the different cars and they found it helpful.
Like pretty much anything you get out of it what you put into it. If you focus on listening to your instructor and perfecting everything they have you doing you will come out a better driver. I think it is important to go in there with some driving ability so that you are more focused on technique rather than driving so as to not be overwhelmed. Sure you could probably get the same results with HPDE instructors but it takes longer, quality of instruction varies and you have to adapt to different people.
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