Scratch is developed and maintained by the Scratch Foundation. Scratch is based on in-depth research by Mitch Resnick and other educators and researchers in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. To learn more, see the Lifelong Kindergarten book written by Mitch Resnick, or you can find papers about Scratch on Mitch's website at web.media.mit.edu/~mres.