Tag: Education/Engagement
‘Nova’ pairs with stations to help viewers experience total solar eclipse
“This is an event that can bring an entire country together and show people the world in a way that only science ...With Film Academy, WQED prepares students for careers in digital media
Acquisition of a teen workforce-development program has helped fill a gap in the Pittsburgh station’s educational programming.Louisville’s WUOL extends music education to summer event series, podcast
Launch of 'The Music Box,' including podcast episodes and an online music curriculum, coincides with the station's annual Summer Listening program.The doctors are in as Sesame Workshop tackles effects of mass incarceration
Two doctors who focus on the relationship between incarceration and public health have teamed up with a Sesame Street Muppet to call attention to ...Eight, Arizona PBS Nerd Walk inspires other community engagement events
For participants in these stations' events, being a nerd is a source of pride.D.C. American Graduate event amplifies youth voices
The five winners of American Graduate’s Raise Up hip-hop and spoken-word competition performed their original poems on the stage of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy ...American Graduate announces winners of spoken-word competition
Judges and the public have selected five winners of American Graduate’s Raise Up hip-hop and spoken word competition, which asked students to ...St. Louis stations dedicate Public Media Commons
Some 800 people attended the Sept. 13 dedication of Public Media Commons in St. Louis, a unique 9,000–square-foot outdoor media environment located ...Next phase of American Graduate station grants to emphasize early education
American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, CPB’s dropout prevention initiative, has awarded another $6.2 million in grants to 33 stations, this time ...CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.Web videos from WVPB connect careers and education for middle-schoolers
WVPB-TV is returning to its roots as the Educational Broadcasting Authority of West Virginia as it shifts production priorities from local programming ...CPB, PBS, local stations launch multiyear national veterans project
PBS will carry content under the banner Stories of Service, and CPB will fund a related community engagement campaign, Veterans Coming Home.PBS’s Sepulveda: Stations can do more to engage Latinos, broader communities
PBS stations need to share more information among themselves as they work to increase their community impact, PBS’s new senior v.p. of ...Women and Girls Lead goes global, extending outreach to five countries
Women and Girls Lead, a public media–based outreach and empowerment program, has evolved into a broader international effort, seeking to drive positive ...Panelists testify to inspiring global power of documentary films
This article has been updated and reposted with additional information. Women and Girls Lead Global, a public media–based international outreach program, is ...
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