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Strengthening STEM Teaching Benefits Thousands of Students
STEM
November 7, 2025
Strengthening STEM Teaching Benefits Thousands of Students
At KID, we see the transformational impact of hands-on, experiential learning every day in our…
Cat Scharon
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Keeping the Beat: How Operations Keeps a Museum’s Pulse Strong
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November 6, 2025
Keeping the Beat: How Operations Keeps a Museum’s Pulse Strong
At the 2025 Association of Science and Technology Center’s Annual Conference, I was delighted to…
Megan Shpak
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Empowering Educators, Inspiring Girls: The Western Balkans Design Sprint
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Partnerships
October 21, 2025
Empowering Educators, Inspiring Girls: The Western Balkans Design Sprint
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to join Dr. Adam Maltese from Indiana University’s…
Annalise Phillips
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Current and Future Innovators Take Center Stage at KID’s Most Successful Expo Yet
Special Events
June 17, 2025
Current and Future Innovators Take Center Stage at KID’s Most Successful Expo Yet
How do you invent the future? At KID, we think it’s by empowering students to…
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Our Approach to AI: Building a Deeper Understanding of this Powerful Tool
Community
Partnerships
June 13, 2025
Our Approach to AI: Building a Deeper Understanding of this Powerful Tool
Artificial Intelligence is already transforming how young people live, learn, and connect, yet so many…
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Beyond Learning Recovery, How Do We Help Kids Thrive Again?
Futurist
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…
Cara Lesser
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What the Doctor Ordered: Time to Unplug
Futurist
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…
Cara Lesser
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Celebrating Our Community & Its Changemakers
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Partnerships
April 16, 2024
Celebrating Our Community & Its Changemakers
KID Museum's Black History Month Celebration, February 4, 2024 History is being made at KID…
Odalys Lugo-Morales
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Celebrating “Active History”
Futurist
April 11, 2024
Celebrating “Active History”
"I'm Black History." A young girl wrote this during KID Museum’s Black History Month Celebration…
Dorothy Jones-Davis
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The Old Algorithms for Teaching Math No Longer Add Up
Futurist
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…
Cara Lesser
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The Power of Human Connection
Apprentices
December 21, 2023
The Power of Human Connection
There are countless moments in my work when I get to truly appreciate why I…
Cara Lesser
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An Invitation to the White House
Partnerships
Special Events
October 20, 2023
An Invitation to the White House
KID Museum students, teachers, and partners were featured at a special event at the White…
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Partnership engages young scholars in creative science-based problem solving
Partnerships
September 7, 2023
Partnership engages young scholars in creative science-based problem solving
A team of eager third and fourth graders from Van Ness Elementary in southeast Washington,…
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Catalysts in the Classroom
Futurist
August 15, 2023
Catalysts in the Classroom
A chain reaction set off a high-energy summer at KID Museum – for kids as…
Cara Lesser
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The Age of Invention
Invention Studio
June 13, 2023
The Age of Invention
From a senior U.S. patent official to a Gen Z entrepreneur seeking her first patent,…
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Let’s Talk About A.L. – Artificial Limitations
Futurist
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…
Cara Lesser
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Celebrating Verizon Innovative Learning Day at KID Museum
Partnerships
Special Events
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…
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For Maker Girls, Seeing Is Key to Becoming
Special Events
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…
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March Forth, Roll On
Futurist
March 30, 2023
March Forth, Roll On
As we began our March celebration of inspirational women makers, we heard the news that…
Cara Lesser
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Connection & Belonging
Futurist
February 16, 2023
Connection & Belonging
Sometimes in education we forget the simplest things. As the middle schoolers in KID Museum’s…
Cara Lesser
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