Tag: Discovery Education

Discovery Education Appoints Scott Kinney as Chief Executive Officer and Kelli Campbell as President

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education—the Charlotte, North Carolina based global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—has announced the appointment of Scott Kinney as its new Chief Executive Officer and Kelli Campbell as the company’s new President. Kinney succeeds Paul Ilse, who will become Executive Chairman of Discovery Education’s Board of Directors. Kinney’s distinguished 25-year career in education began in Pennsylvania’s public school system at the Sharpsville Area School District, where he served as the district’s Instructional Technology Coordinator.  Following stints as Assistant Director of Curriculum…

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Discovery Education and Somos Educação Bring Innovative STEM Education to Millions of Students in Brazil

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education—the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—and SOMOS Educação—Brazil’s largest education company, and one of the largest educational groups in the world—have announced an innovative new partnership. In this new collaboration, Discovery Education and SOMOS Educação will deliver award-winning digital resources supporting STEM education to students across Brazil through Plurall, Somos’s digital teaching platform, which has become the largest digital classroom platform for private elementary and high schools in Brazil, with more than 1.3 million students. Preparing Brazilian students with…

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Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Discovery Education Offer New, No-Cost, Digital Resources Supporting Emotional Resiliency in Teachers and Students

Stuart Mitchell

In what has been an unprecedented and challenging year for schools across the U.S., educators now have access to new, no-cost digital content that supports their own and their students’ emotional resiliency from Ready, Set, RISE!, a unique virtual resource from Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), and Discovery Education. Kaiser Permanente is the nation’s largest nonprofit and an integrated health system. Healthier Generation is a non-profit dedicated to creating environments supporting children’s physical, social, and emotional health. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital…

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Discovery Education Names SMASH CEO Eli Kennedy to Board of Directors

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education, the Charlotte, NC, based leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide, today announced the appointment of Eli Kennedy, the CEO of SMASH, to the company’s Board of Directors.  In his new role, Kennedy’s expertise will support Discovery Education’s mission to prepare all learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today’s world. Kennedy has served as SMASH CEO since 2016, and leads that company’s efforts to build a strong, diverse and socially conscious tech workforce by leveling the playing…

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Discovery Education Experience Set to Support Teaching and Learning in Virtual and Blended Classrooms Across the U.K.

Stuart Mitchell

Discovery Education – the global leader in curriculum-aligned digital resources and professional learning for primary and secondary schools – has launched Discovery Education Experience to educators across the U.K. A flexible online learning platform, Experience brings together Discovery Education’s popular digital curriculum services Discovery Education Espresso, Discovery Education Coding, Discovery Education Health and Relationships, Discovery Education STEM Connect and Discovery Education Pathway, into a single, intuitive platform with new customisation, collaboration and personalisation tools. Teachers using Experience receive access to a vast collection of compelling high-quality, ready-curated content, support in…

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