Due to the way equipment procurement cycles work, funds are often poorly allocated to educational equipment that ends up collecting dust. Even worse, maintenance can become a real headache for districts.

We call this the 'dusty 3D printer problem.' It happens when districts bet big on a new wave of EdTech, but the promise of what the equipment can do for students doesn't materialize. This locks teachers into using the equipment the school has, even if it is outdated or broken.

While standards are slowly being reformed to reflect the reality of our tech-enabled future, the actual projects available to teachers to use that connect to these standards are lacking.

This leaves educators with the burden of making their own projects, and often buying their own materials out of pocket. Students deserve the most cutting-edge projects, not the same one's we did back when we were kids.