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Teens Aren’t Asking to Pick a Side. They’re Asking for Help Making Sense of It.

by Michael H. Levine and Vikki S. Katz
March 16, 2026

As war once again escalates in the Middle East, young people are not encountering these events through evening news broadcasts or carefully contextualized briefings. They are experiencing them in real

The Career Game Loop: Equipping a New Generation for Career Resilience through Play

by Jessica Lindl
May 1, 2025

In a world where career paths are no longer linear, how can we prepare young people to thrive amid constant change? At Unity Technologies, and through my book The Career

Explorer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Seeds for a New Kind of Education

by Jim Gray
January 23, 2023

“What would Joan do” is a question children’s media professionals can ask as we explore the pedagogical possibilities of new digital tools. Early childhood researchers have long noted that children

The Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge is Live!

by Emily Weisman, Catherine Jhee
October 5, 2022

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center is excited to join forces with Riot Games, IDEO, and the Fair Play Alliance to announce the “The Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge.” Co-hosted by

Creating Opportunities for Meaningful Collaboration with Youth

by Mary Madden and Josanne Buchanan
June 9, 2022

On April 26, 2022, the Cooney Center presented the first in a series of virtual workshops and associated research briefs devoted to promoting tween and teen collaboration with public media.

Oh, Who Are the People in Your Metaverse…

by David Kleeman
December 1, 2021

With the recent announcement of the new umbrella name “Meta,” the Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp behemoth is shifting its place of business to the “metaverse.” It seems timely, then, to consider what we

Learning at Home While Under-Connected and the Role of Public Media

by Catherine Jhee
November 18, 2021

On October 26, 2021, the Cooney Center hosted Learning at Home While Under-Connected and the Role of Public Media, a discussion about learning at home and digital inequality, and how

Building Connections Through Play

by Jill Vialet
September 20, 2021

The following excerpt is from Why Play Works: Big Changes Start Small by Jill Vialet and appears here courtesy of publisher Jossey-Bass. The book is designed to support schools, educators, and

Developing the MOLLY OF DENALI Family Game Club with Rural Communities

by Mollie Levin
December 4, 2020

“MOLLY OF DENALI celebrates life in a rural community—a unique one, but rural all the same. Having that commitment to rural representation carry over into the educational resources is tremendously

Connecting Kentucky’s Kids with the Country and Beyond

by Allison NeCamp Day
October 20, 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 is

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