June 6th, 2012 at 9:37AM
As I walked around the middle school with the principal, we were looking at rooms that could be used to create a maker space for students. We walked into an empty room that once was the metal shop. It was perfect. I could imagine it having tools and materials and workbenches. I could imagine groups of curious kids being active, social, and mobile. She said her students would be very happy. “They never get asked to create anything,” she told me. —

Maker Faire and Science Education: American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests. - Slate Magazine

This whole piece is worth reading. This is why we are so excited about our investment in @DIY 

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