DREAM ENGINEKIDS_OS v2.4
Case Studies

Real Kids. Real Communities.
Real Results.

Since 2023, Dream Engine Kids has worked with community partners to help children learn AI safely, create with confidence, and see themselves as builders of the future.

1,479
Learners served
Chess & Community campaign
100K
Children campaign goal
$8.5M commitment
123
Lessons across 8 courses
31 modules · 55 hours
2023
First pilot launched
Imagination Bloom
100,000 Children Prepared To Shape The Age Of AIStrategic Partner
Chess & Community

100,000 Children Prepared To Shape The Age Of AI

An $8.5M campaign to give young people in inner-city and under-resourced communities a complete two-month AI literacy experience: curriculum, the DREEMA mentor, moderated creation tools, and chess-based strategy play.

  • 1,479 learners served so far
  • $85 funds one full learner experience
  • AI literacy linked with chess, STEAM and entrepreneurship
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Imagination Bloom: Seeing Yourself As The HeroBeta Project · 2023
Chess & Community × InsightFace

Imagination Bloom: Seeing Yourself As The Hero

Children turned their own likenesses into hero and future-self avatar posters, then wrote and presented positive stories about those characters changing the world.

  • Kids authored affirming stories about their future selves
  • Participants presented their stories at a live unveiling
  • Feedback reported growth in confidence and self-expression
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Re-Imagine: Culture, Research & Responsible PromptingPilot Phase 2
Chess & Community × InsightFace

Re-Imagine: Culture, Research & Responsible Prompting

The follow-up pilot placed each child inside the images they created, while teaching them to research a culture of their choosing and prompt AI responsibly and effectively.

  • Students learned responsible AI research habits
  • Personal imagery built positive self-image
  • Prompting taught as a creative and ethical skill
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Reaching For The Stars With NASASpace Science Collaboration
NASA

Reaching For The Stars With NASA

Students explored space science, imagined future missions, and used AI creative tools to bring their ideas about exploration to life.

  • Full program details coming soon
  • Outcome data being compiled
  • Student showcase gallery in preparation
Literacy Aptitude

Reading Skills That Grow Over Time

Members take the Literacy Quest assessment at the start and retake it as they learn, so growth is measured, not guessed.

+21
avg. points in 8 weeks
BaselineWeek 2Week 4Week 6Week 840557090
  • Explorers (8–11)
  • Innovators (12–16)

Sample data shown for illustration. Verified cohort results will replace this as assessments are aggregated.

Kids Who Saw Themselves As Heroes

Original creations from our pilot participants, shared by Chess & Community.

Creation by LJ
LJ
Creation by Arrah
Arrah
Creation by Legend
Legend
Creation by Karina
Karina

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