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March 30, 2011 New York Times Kindergarten Shop Class
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March 21, 2011 National Research Center for Career and Technical Education recommends:
- Feb. 2, 2011 Yahoo News Study: Students need more paths to career success CHRISTINE ARMARIO – “The current U.S. education system is failing to prepare millions of young adults for successful careers by providing a one-size-fits-all approach, and it should take a cue from its European counterparts by offering greater emphasis on occupational instruction, a Harvard University study published Wednesday concludes.”
- Feb 1, 2011 Harvard Graduate School of Education Report Calls for National Effort to Get Millions Of Young Americans onto a Realistic Path to Employability ”Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century contends that our national strategy for education and youth development has been too narrowly focused on an academic, classroom-based approach.”
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Sept. 13, 2010 New York Times 3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution article and movie about many uses of rapid prototyping in product development.
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April 11, 2010 New York Times Inventors Wanted. Cool Tools Provided. Menlo Park TechShop inspires inventors.
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Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative 2008/09 Annual Report California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Nov. 2009
- Feb. 16, 2010 Auburn Journal Placer Grad’s skis seize the moment - (Product Development & Manufacturing)
- Jan. 25, 2010 Wired In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits (Open source car company)
- Nov 24, 2009 San Jose Mercury Designer shifts focus from sleek tech gadgets to childrens’ toys
- Nov 13, 2009 Wall Street Journal Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis “Engineering schools across the country report students are showing an enthusiasm for hands-on work..”
- Jan 1, 2006 MIT Sloan Management Review Reducing the Risks of New Product Development
- Jul 15, 2002 MIT Sloan Management Review Calculated Risk: A Framework for Evaluating Product Development
