Are we on the verge of a maker-powered manufacturing renaissance?

From creativity and expression to job training and entrepreneurship, maker learning is what you make of it.

How do we bring our network’s strength in maker learning together with our region’s growing need for a new generation of manufacturing talent?

Supporting the Maker Movement is one way to bring back economic growth, manufacturing ecosystems, and decent blue-collar jobs. So say the Brookings Institution’s Mark Muro and Peter Hirshberg, in “Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities.”

The city isn’t graduating enough children with the skills they need to meet future employer demand. Here’s how schools are working with local businesses and technology firms to do something about it.

A small segment of the economy dubbed the “advanced industries” is a main source of economic power. Ranging from software publishing to ship building, the 50-industry segment is characterized by its deep involvement in technology research and development, and in STEM. But to keep it sustainable, the country needs to reinvest in STEM education.

In discussions of how to build the future STEM workforce, modern manufacturing jobs usually don’t make the short list. Here’s why they should.

As the gender gap in manufacturing grows, young women miss out on challenging, high-tech career options and employers miss out on a wealth of talent.