Pittsburgh’s educational maker movement lauded on CNN

Pittsburgh, the Children’s Museum, Gregg Behr and the groundbreaking educational work taking place here are all featured in a CNN.com article about the importance of making things in the development of a person’s intelligence and attention to detail.

“Jane Werner, executive director of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, built out a 3,000-square-foot makerspace, what it calls MakeSHOP, and is creating an additional 5,000-square-foot MakeSHOP for kids age 10 and up.”

“‘Museums can be labs for education reform,’ Werner says. ‘No one can fail at a museum. Why not experiment with education reform at a museum?'”

To read more about the Maker Movement, click here.