Biz-Ed Blitz speed networking event will connect educators and companies
The Biz-Ed Blitz: Connecting Classrooms to Careers event is aimed at bringing educators and employers together, to improve STEM education training options.
21 Mar 2016
Etsy Manufacturing Day in Pittsburgh introduces a new model for designers and manufacturers
“There couldn’t be a better place for this to happen. We want to help people create and get back to being a baseline manufacturing community.”
14 Mar 2016
Bots IQ is a work skills program disguised as a robot competition
BotsIQ cloaks manufacturing workforce development under the guise of an annual battle-of-the-bots competition.
23 Feb 2016
Steeltown Teen Film Crew producing reality show on maker movement for Fox Network
With the help of the Remake Learning Initiative, Steeltown offers entertainment and media training for young, aspiring filmmakers and a "reel" TV show that will debut this spring on Fox Network.
22 Feb 2016
Gwen’s Girls introduces the world of STEM to at-risk teens
“My mother believed that if young women of color had caring adults to nurture them in their young years, it would change their lives,” says Kathi Elliot.
07 Jan 2016
Remake Learning Network hosts national League of Innovative Schools
The League of Innovative schools brought more than 180 national educators and thought leaders to Pittsburgh to see innovative learning in action.
05 Nov 2015
Pittsburgh Maker Faire promises to be a game changer
“It will be the largest showcase of making, building and creating that Pittsburgh has ever seen.”
22 Sep 2015
Hazelwood Play Trail will be first in the city with 10 (very cool) playscapes
On a cloudless blue sky day in July, about 20 Hazelwood teens scrambled on slides and jungle gyms in Frick Park and learned from city leaders what it will take to build a trail of playful spaces in their community.
08 Aug 2015
Pittsburgh rocked National Week of Making. Here’s why.
Pittsburgh is at the forefront of the movement advancing innovative ideas and practices in education. For proof, just look at the initiatives highlighted as part of the National Week of Making.
22 Jun 2015
Jim Denova on how Pittsburgh can win with STEAM and workforce development
We will always need to know how to make things. How to design. How to solve problems. That means manufacturing is not just learning the lathe. It's learning robotics. Electronics. Physics. Chemistry. Communications. Language arts.
01 Jun 2015