Pushing the Privatized “Maker Movement” Into Public Schools
The 3D printing market is projected to be worth $8 billion by 2020.
—Paul Hill, “Ten statistics that reveal the size and scope of the Maker Movement.” November 3, 2015
Why be skeptical of the Maker Movement and its affect on public schools?
The speed to which the Maker Movement is being pushed into schools with little research about its effectiveness is worrisome. Over 1,400 schools representing one million students in all 50 states are involved.
Here is the list of schools that have signed the promise to implement the Maker Movement.
We are told it will make children into tinkerers, craftsmen, and inventors—bringing out a future Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford or other person of fame and Pushing the Privatized “Maker Movement” Into Public Schools:
