Ready to Learn (RTL) grants provide a safety net for U.S. children who are traditionally underserved educationally. The current federal administration just slashed those nets.

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (now defunct, too) and Public Broadcasting Service’s (PBS) Ready to ...

ATLANTA — PBS has furloughed staff in response to its changing financial outlook, President Paula Kerger said during her keynote address Monday at the PBS Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The cuts were ...

As the Trump administration continues to try to defund NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said this week that the Department of Education has ended a federal grant that helped fund ...

(Image credit: PBS Kids) WASHINGTON —Following a decision by U.S. Department of Education to terminate its 2020-2025 Ready To Learn to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CPB has informed ...

The termination of the federal grant program, called Ready To Learn, resulted in a loss of $23 million that would have gone to educational programs. By Benjamin Mullin The White House effort to cut ...

PBS Kids is taking note of Gen Alpha's obsession with video game-walkthrough content on platforms like YouTube and Twitch ...

Earlier this morning, the Senate approved sweeping cuts to public media funding, threatening PBS Kids and with it, one of the few screen-time options built entirely around how children learn and grow.

Al Roker is getting a kick out of launching his own educational cartoon TV show — “Weather Hunters,” which premieres Monday ...

In 1970, our first broadcast, THE FRENCH CHEF, was one of America’s first cooking shows and set the stage for modern favorites like AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN and HOMEMADE LIVE! From our start, ...

PBS is proud to announce that PBS KIDS will continue to be a home to SESAME STREET, extending the more than 50-year history of using the power of public television to bring critical early learning to ...