Citizen Schools Makers + Mentors Network is leading a team as part of the Reach for the Upside initiative, hosted by the K12 Lab at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the “d.school”) in partnership with Genentech and with participation of Northern California Community foundations.
Read MoreToday, Citizen Schools’ Make For All initiative is launching its 2020 national call for commitments in support of maker-centered learning at FabxLive, the global Fab Lab Network conference, hosted by the Fab Foundation. In 2019, Make For All announced 50+ commitments, representing 295 organizations and partners in support of maker-centered learning, focused on empowering students to develop the mindset, skills and experiences that are critical to preparing them for the jobs of the future, being innovative problem-solvers and creative entrepreneurs. These commitments will serve more than 768,000 students in 149 communities across the U.S. through 2021.
Read MoreIn early March, UNESCO confirmed that school closures in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have affected 290 million students across 22 countries. In the U.S., school closures due to coronavirus have impacted at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affected at least 55.1 million students.
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