How Public Media Supports Students and Educators

As the school year begins, public media supports students and educators with invaluable, free resources to foster learning, creativity, and growth. From captivating early learners
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How to Participate in the StoryCorps ‘Day of Listening’

November 25, 2013 · Think the Friday after Thanksgiving is just for turkey leftovers and shopping sprees? Think again. Since 2008, the public radio oral storytelling project, NPR‘s StoryCorps, has
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New ‘Middle Ground’ Show Brings the Heartland to Public Radio

November 14, 2013 · Throughout her career reporting for NPR and local public radio stations, Celeste Headlee has identified a big problem in journalism – stories from middle America aren’t getting
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Public Television Honors Veterans

November 11, 2013 · Today, we salute those who have served and sacrificed, our nation’s veterans. Everyone has someone in their life that has served in the armed forces.
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Sesame Street Celebrates 44 Years of Success

November 10, 2013 · Forty-four years ago today, Gordon took a girl named Sally on a tour of Sesame Street. Gordon introduced Sally and public television viewers to Sesame
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Top 5 Things in Public Media This Week

November 1, 2013 · There were a lot of awesome things that happened this week in public media. While this list is in no particular order, here are our
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StoryCorps Celebrates 10 Years

October 23, 2013 · This week, StoryCorps celebrates 10 years of recording and sharing America’s most moving stories. The premise is simple – two close friends or family members
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PBS Kids Adds Peg + Cat to Teach Kids Math

October 18, 2013 · Peg + Cat Opening Sequence. Video credit: Idaho PTV What does Peg + Cat equal? It equals girls and boys who are good at math!
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Guest Post: This American Life and the Joy of Great Radio

October 10, 2013 · This week is a Protect My Public Media first – we’ve invited blogger Grace of the Cultural Life blog to share her post, “The joy
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Bill Nye the Science Guy on DWTS Reminds Us Why PBS Rules

October 3, 2013 ·   Video: Bill Nye the Science Guy and partner Tyne Stecklein dancing to “Weird Science” on the first episode of DWTS. This week, Dancing with
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Three Public Radio Podcasts We Can’t Stop Listening To

September 25, 2013 · As a Texas native, I typically listen to public radio in my car, enjoying those moments when I’m laughing way too hard at Peter Sagal for
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