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Ready To Learn grants to CPB, TPT back four new children’s TV series
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Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.
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Additional programs will be produced by GBH in Boston and Dave Peth.
An eight-episode prequel is setting the stage for the PBS Kids show’s July premiere.
The bill would boost Ready To Learn funding by more than $2 million.
Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.
CPB would get only $15.5 million next year and $15 million in 2020 to shut itself down.
Both the House and Senate Appropriation panels defied the president on CPB funding.
The committee recommends $25.7 million for the public TV early literacy project.
The bill does not include funding for public broadcasting’s interconnection project or public TV’s Ready To Learn.
The device’s spotlighting of PBS content is the most appealing aspect for education and engagement executives.