October 14, 2024
Beyond Learning Recovery, How Do We Help Kids Thrive Again?
Students are now well into the fourth “normal” school year post pandemic, and while we…
June 27, 2024
What the Doctor Ordered: Time to Unplug
School’s out and summer is the perfect time to unplug and try something new. When…
April 16, 2024
Celebrating Our Community & Its Changemakers
KID Museum's Black History Month Celebration, February 4, 2024 History is being made at KID…
April 11, 2024
Celebrating “Active History”
"I'm Black History." A young girl wrote this during KID Museum’s Black History Month Celebration…
January 31, 2024
The Old Algorithms for Teaching Math No Longer Add Up
Can math be fun? Yes! Does this translate to real results? Yes, it does. Over…
December 21, 2023
The Power of Human Connection
There are countless moments in my work when I get to truly appreciate why I…
October 20, 2023
An Invitation to the White House
KID Museum students, teachers, and partners were featured at a special event at the White…
August 15, 2023
Catalysts in the Classroom
A chain reaction set off a high-energy summer at KID Museum – for kids as…
June 13, 2023
The Age of Invention
From a senior U.S. patent official to a Gen Z entrepreneur seeking her first patent,…
May 23, 2023
Let’s Talk About A.L. – Artificial Limitations
KID Museum hosted a teacher appreciation event earlier this month, and two speakers got me…
April 27, 2023
Celebrating Verizon Innovative Learning Day at KID Museum
This Sunday, our partners at Verizon helped extend free access to students and families from…
April 10, 2023
For Maker Girls, Seeing is Key to Becoming
Variations on this aphorism come up a lot in STEM circles, as we seek to…
March 30, 2023
March Forth, Roll On
As we began our March celebration of inspirational women makers, we heard the news that…
February 16, 2023
Connection & Belonging
Sometimes in education we forget the simplest things. As the middle schoolers in KID Museum’s…
January 30, 2023
Middle Schoolers Invent the Future
How many ideas do middle schoolers have for improving our world? Hundreds – and some…
December 28, 2022
Lighting the Path for Future Generations
As we enjoy winter holidays celebrating light, gratitude, and renewal, I am reflecting on the…
November 3, 2022
Girl Powered: Rethinking How we Teach STEM to Girls
At our “Girl Powered” robotics event last month, I heard a girl say, “I don’t…
September 22, 2022
Moving forward with purpose
One of the best things about my job is that I get to see kids…
June 24, 2022
We need to arm our kids — but not with guns
“Our collective presence here today reminds us that our children’s growth and success absolutely takes…
