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Expanding a Child’s Network of Learning Opportunities with Design Squad Maker

by Paula Menta Rodriguez
September 20, 2023

Kids had fun using Design Squad Maker, saying they liked “figuring out a problem to solve” and “making something useful with my hands and figuring out how it works and

What Hasn’t Changed in the Youth Media Landscape?

by Hillary Wells
November 5, 2020

Unlike kids in the 70s, tweens and teens today are posting, dancing, and streaming across platforms from TikTok to Twitch. They have no interest in being corralled to discrete brands

Connecting with Youth through Authenticity and Collaboration

by Keena Levert and Ashley Gain
September 15, 2020

The following post is part of a series springing from the Cooney Center’s joint initiative with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences. This

Public Media Is Proving Its Mission More Important than Ever

by Susana Beltran Grimm
March 16, 2020

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, PBS SoCal, KCET and the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest district in the nation, announced a plan to provide Pre-K–12th grade educational programming

A Letter from Joan Ganz Cooney

by Joan Ganz Cooney
December 9, 2019

You may have heard that television programming in the 1960s was called a “vast wasteland.” by then-FCC Chairman Newton Minow. From the beginning, Lloyd Morrisett and I were both convinced

Sharing Molly of Denali with Families in Alaska

by Claudia Haines
August 1, 2019

Youth Services Librarian Claudia Haines recently hosted a family screening of the new PBS Kids show Molly of Denali at Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska. This post from her

20+ Years of Research Shows Ready To Learn Media Improves Young Children’s Literacy

by Lisa Hurwitz
April 11, 2018

If you were born after 1990, are the parent or grandparent of someone born after 1990, or a children’s media producer of any age, Ready To Learn (RTL) has probably

Learning STEM Skills by Designing Video Games

by Administrator
March 14, 2013

Rhys, 10, is an aspiring game designer in Texas who uses Gamestar Mechanic to create worlds to play in. He talks about the importance of stories and creating challenges to

Joan Ganz Cooney, founder of Sesame Workshop, Interview

by Laura
February 22, 2012

Neil Shapiro, of New York City’s WNET13,recently interviewed Joan Ganz Cooney, the founder of the Sesame Street and co-founder of The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, for the Pioneers series. The Center applies

Halloween On-Screen — too scary or too safe?

by Marj Kleinman
October 29, 2010

I heard a great interview this morning on NPR’s Morning Addition: For Halloween, TV Scares That Are Still Kid-Friendly, addressing the question of how scary is too scary? Elizabeth Blair

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