
From Our Customers in Urban Districts
" I literally have access to HUNDREDS of the best tech educators in the world. If I have a question, I can crowd source for a solution or idea"
"The Discovery Education content opens doors to an experience that kids have never dreamed of."
Dr. Peter Gorman, Superintendent Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
"Science has taken on new life and new meaning in this district. Kids are learning science concepts and learning about the scientific method because they are experiencing it on a daily basis."
Scott Muri, Area Superintendent Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
"It's amazing how many different things you can do with it. I'm inspired too. That really helps to have the teacher energized and excited about the program. It just floods down to your students and everybody else that's around you."
Carol Jo Kennedy, Special Education Teacher - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Portland Public Schools Portland, Oregon
"Almost everyday a question arises that can be answered with a video clip. A picture tells a thousand words sometimes to a class, other times to one curious individual student with an inquiring mind."
Nan Halpern, 5th Grade Teacher, Liberty Traditional Charter School Phoenix, AZ
"One of the best things in years. I can really see that test scores go up with the teachers who use the data."
Barbara Milligan, Principal Memphis, Tennessee
"I use Discovery Education in my library lessons for fourth through sixth grades. The lessons on myths, story elements, and poetry elements are the perfect length to show students as a mini-lesson. I use the children’s picture books in grades K-2. Discovery Education is the perfect tool to enhance my library lessons."
Liz Cottrell, Teacher Librarian, Hohokam Traditional Elementary School
"I use Discovery Education regularly via IDEAL and it is SO beneficial to my class. My ELD class has limited exposure and experience, and being able to show a short clip of something that we are reading, learning, or just talking about is so invaluable. Every time we come across something worthy of stimulating the curiosity of my class, they always ask to look it up online, or even better, for a video. We can’t access a lot of streaming video online, so Discovery Education is our only option. Thank goodness too, because I know I can trust that nothing inappropriate will pop up when I search the site."
Maryann Mulac, Teacher, Tavan Elementary
"I use Discovery Education at all three of my schools. It is a fast and easy way to supplement my orchestra classes with videos, stories and audio recordings. Students love it!"
Allison Hogue, Orchestra Instructor
"Not a week or even a day goes by that I don’t use Discovery Education in my classroom. I show clips as anticipatory sets for Language Arts lessons, films that I have created Cornell Notes for as instructional input, and I have even found an entire production of Macbeth done by the BBC to show to students studying Shakespeare. Some of the programs have their own accompanying teacher’s guides, which I find to be helpful and informative. The vast range of options makes Discovery Education an asset to my teaching practice and an excellent way to incorporate media and technology in the classroom."
Caryn Bird, English Teacher, Sierra Vista Academy
"I love Discovery Education!!! It has great educational videos that I can use to supplement just about any of my curriculum. My students are always interested and engaged with whatever I pull up."
Alison Iaboni, Teacher, Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center
"I use Discovery Education daily in science to teach our space and body unit. There are not many resources for these topics at my school and before Discovery Education, I was purchasing things out of my own pocket... My teaching would be greatly compromised if this resource went away!"
Rachel Hellring, Teacher
"I LOVE Discovery Education! It is really important for imparting curriculum in a way kids enjoy and understand. The science videos are amazing!!! My 22 students in the fourth grade all benefit!"
Kristine Frailey, Teacher, Navajo Elementary School
"I have been utilizing Discovery Education for a few years now and feel that it is an extremely useful tool for my classroom. I have been able to find numerous full videos, segments, and pictures to add depth to many of my lessons. I feel that being able to add multi-media components to my lessons helps to increase interest levels, and offers visual representations of the material."
Jeremy Parenteau, Teacher, Sierre Vista Academy
"I have used Discovery Education for several years and it has been an invaluable tool. With the increase in classroom technology, I have been able to embed video segments into my Smart Board lessons. It’s a great way to break up the delivery of information. I am now having my students find video segments that they can embed into their PowerPoint presentations."
Art Eklund, Teacher, Scottsdale Unified School District
"I am a 1st Grade Teacher and I use Discovery Education and IDEAL daily. I use Discovery Education for all content areas to improve and enhance my student's understanding and learning. I use the IDEAL log in each and every time to access a plethora of important areas for professional development, student planning and other standards based learning opportunities."
Trish Simmons, Teacher, Navajo Elementary
"It is essential for students to have multiple and varied exposures to content in order for them to truly learn and understand it. Discovery Education is an invaluable resource in this respect, helping me to provide interactive media, visuals and videos that depict things that these students may never be able to see or be exposed to otherwise."
Nicole Wagner, Teacher, Tavan Elementary