KIDS DISCOVER ONLINE CASE STUDIES
Kids Discover is proud to support a wide variety of districts and help get their students excited about reading and learning. Here are just a few examples of schools who continue to benefit from using Kids Discover Online!
DeForest Area School District
DeForest, WI
Description: Michelle Folk has spent 27 years in education, most of that time as a school librarian. She also spent two years as a STEAM teacher before returning to the library, an experience that deepened her focus on helping students explore topics through research and multimedia learning.
Troy School District
Troy, MI
Description: Mary Goetz is a 4th grade teacher who is in her fourth year with Kids Discover Online. Half of Mary's students are ESL/ELL, so the varied reading levels and translation features are extremely helpful to ensure they're able to engage with and understand the materials.
Montgomery County Public Schools
Potomac, MD
Description: For school districts committed to strong social studies instruction, finding a resource that supports inquiry, aligns with curriculum, and works across grade levels is essential. In Montgomery County Public Schools (MD), where Kids Discover Online is used across all 136 elementary schools, it has become a trusted instructional tool that supports research-based learning while meeting the needs of both educators and students.
Saint Joseph School
Webster, MA
Description: Karen Leferve is a middle school teacher in her fifth year with Kids Discover Online. Karen found that teaching ancient history to her students could be a real challenge, but as soon as they see the Discover Map, they’re immediately engaged, and begin investigating what interests them.
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
West Windsor, NJ
Description: In 2020, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (NJ was seeking a comprehensive educational solution that aligned with an evolving instructional landscape. Amidst the surge of technology integration during the global pandemic, Kids Discover Online became a critical resource within his district, offering an interactive platform curated to individualized teacher and student needs.
Skokie School District 69
Skokie, IL
Description: Beginning in 2020, Ms. Tregoning from Skokie School District 69 (IL) expanded her use of Kids Discover by transitioning from Print Titles to Online. This allowed her to take advantage of the many digital tools to support her students with accommodations in her 6th-grade social studies class. Ms. Tregoning’s use of Kids Discover Online has enabled her students to engage with the material more effectively.
