Public Media Stations to Expand Early Learning Projects

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that four public television stations will receive funding totaling $110,000 to support the expansion of Ready To Learn (RTL) projects in their communities.

Ready To Learn is a public media education program funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement to support the development of early math and literacy skills for children ages 2-8, especially those from low-income families. The effort funds the development and distribution of PBS KIDS multiplatform content to help kids build these critical skills. Over the past year, KBTC (Tacoma, Wash.), Iowa Public Television (Johnston, Iowa), WFSU (Tallahassee, Fla.), and WVIZ/PBS ideastream (Cleveland, Ohio) have provided PBS KIDS interactive math and literacy programming and services, developed through RTL for children from low-income backgrounds, to their local communities. This latest funding from CPB will enable these four stations to continue their current projects through September 2013, and expand their work to reach more children, teachers, and families.