"Girls Knit Their Way to a Math Career"

"For many of today’s kids, “being good with your hands” often means texting at lightning speed. While the Maker Movement has increased awareness and participation in building, tinkering and making things, most American students don’t learn any kind of formal handwork in school. Home-economics-style sewing and handcrafts classes, as well as shop classes, have been pushed out of most schools to make room for more “academic” subjects like reading, math and science."

https://brightreads.com/girls-knit-their-way-to-a-math-career-e29b3feeb9a6#.228rst8oj