Evidence of KAT's sound pedagogy can be found in countless places.
Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Program
of Excellence Award in 1995.
Included as an Exemplary Curriculum in the Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development's May, 1996 issue of
its nationally renown, professional journal, Educational Leadership.
"KAT's genius is that it is a model of citizenship that can
be understood and practiced in a variety of contexts... It is a
wonderful program that needs a wider audience and larger opportunity
for impact."
--Dr. Suzanne Morse, Reviewer, affiliated with The Pew Partnership
for Social Change, Alexandria, Virginia.
"I can't begin to tell you the satisfaction I have gained from
this project as I have watched my children grow and develop...I
found it exhilarating. I learned far more than I taught."
--Judith Goetzinger, fifth grade teacher at St. Catherine Laboure
School, Harrisburg, PA; KAT project on landfill capacity and community
composting.
"Usually in school we don't interact with the people. We just
read about them in books. But here, with this project, we met people
and got to know what they were like and what they would want."
--Krista, fifth grade student in Abington School District; KAT
project on new immigrants in the school and community.
"The best activity in the school. Besides meeting people, serving
the community, conducting and analyzing citizen surveys...We learned
on top of that!"
--Mario, eighth grade student in Arlington Middle School, Pittsburgh;
KAT project on voting behavior in the community.
"It's hard to see a connection with the real world if there
isn't one...KAT provides real world experience, and that's why it
fits into the District's priorities..."
-- Jim Cusimano, Pittsburgh School District administrator
"Students are gaining an understanding of their local government
and learning a practical application for effective composition,
research skills and statistics."
-- Erica Miller, community volunteer; KAT is incorporated into
Lower Merion School District's 4th grade social studies curriculum.
KAT "got the school district and the township working together...I
want to do this!"
--Robert Gill, East Pennsboro Township Manager has worked
with KAT students and their teachers on a variety of projects over
the past four years.
