KIT is excited to announce a collaborative project with our friends at Changing Perspectives! This year, to celebrate Inclusive Schools Week, happening nationwide December 3-7, we have worked with Changing...
Read More
Friday Greetings! As you all well know, when you are working on significant social change, cutting through the noise is very difficult. And the world is very, very noisy these…
Have you ever had a parent tell you they didn’t want you to meet their child until after they had the chance to talk to you about him first? When…
As a child, my family prioritized diversity in many ways. My family attended church in a diverse city nearby so that I could access multiple perspectives and backgrounds, learning from…
The world teenagers live in is so different, in many ways, from the one we grew up in. The constant access to social media has caused an uptick in bullying–…
Sometimes, I worry that today’s kids are overly connected– staring at their phones, requiring constant entertainment, especially in the city. When I ask my students what they did during the…
A wise mentor once told me, “Camp counselors need to learn from teachers, and teachers need to learn from camp counselors.” I got what he was saying, but I’m not…
Last Fall, this video, in which Lily Eskelsen Garcia explains ALL that teachers do each day, went viral. … And it’s true! Many teachers are caregivers, primary emotional support providers,…
We’ve all had that student. The one who pushes our extra help away because he doesn’t want his friends to know he struggles. The one who puts down teachers in…
We all have that one student that needs a little bit more love… The one that really pushes our buttons. The one who we think about on evenings and weekends…