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When my son took his preschool application intelligence test (yes, seriously), the test administrator said, "He cooks with you, so he will likely score higher

Makerspaces--also sometimes called hackerspaces--can be any area where people gather to make and create. These spaces often include 3D printers, but do not necessarily have to. In makerspaces, people...

Libraries are one of the fastest-evolving learning spaces. As many resources move online, and teachers require students to collaborate more and demonstrate their learning, librarians are trying to keep up. Some are even spearheading the changes. Public libraries have led the effort to provide access to 21st century technologies and learning resources, but now university and K-12 libraries are beginning to catch up.

Travel on Amtrak, on the Northeast Corridor route, and you pass through the heart of the mid-Atlantic post-industrial landscape. Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton, Newark: these cities once made everything from rope to steel to transistors, taking raw materials from the heartland and transforming them into products for export.

An article about the importance of the maker movement; through the eyes of a middle school teacher and her students

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They've long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering. Please consider disabling it for our site, or supporting our work in one of these ways Subscribe Now > If you could ask Ben Franklin what public institution he would like to visit in America today, I bet he would say the public library.