Cara Lesser

KID Museum hosted a teacher appreciation event earlier this month, and two speakers got me…

As we began our March celebration of inspirational women makers, we heard the news that…

Sometimes in education we forget the simplest things. As the middle schoolers in KID Museum’s…

As we enjoy winter holidays celebrating light, gratitude, and renewal, I am reflecting on the…

At our “Girl Powered” robotics event last month, I heard a girl say, “I don’t…

One of the best things about my job is that I get to see kids…

“Our collective presence here today reminds us that our children’s growth and success absolutely takes…

Anyone who’s ever felt passionate about an issue, had a teacher who made a subject…

The pandemic has upended so many aspects of our daily lives – and snow days…

At the end of most KID Museum Invention Studio workshops, there are inevitably stunned looks…

What does it mean to be a maker? Usually what first comes to mind is…

Henri Matisse said that “creativity takes courage.” That’s true whether creating innovative art, innovative solutions…

Collective effervescence, as explained by Adam Grant in his recent opinion piece, is the joy…

In this chrysalis moment, as we all emerge from the pandemic, our kids are in…

What if there was a universal Individualized Education Program (IEP) where every student had access…

When I was a kid, Earth Day was the one time a year that my…

“Has anyone ever underestimated you?” That was the question asked by a ten-year-old girl at…

Somehow the isolation and alienation of remote learning is even worse this semester for my…

We witnessed the immense talent and passion of the next generation when Amanda Gorman, the…

As the first vaccines are administered in the US this week, we have reason to…