This Charlotte-based company is bringing K-12 education into the digital age and they’re growing like crazy

Right now, Discovery Education is serving more than 5 million educators and 51 million students in more than 90 countries — and they are headquartered right in our own backyard. If you haven’t already heard of Discovery Education, allow me to introduce you to one of the coolest places to work in Charlotte. They build the digital educational resources and curriculum that support teaching and learning in K-12 classrooms around the world. In the U.S. alone, their products are in approximately half of all classrooms. The stuff they are building is changing the way kids learn. With Discovery Education’s resources, students are able to access their books and assignments through a digital portal. Teachers are able to easily track students’ progress and pinpoint focus areas.