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Beyond the Screen
Everywhere Americans look for education through entertainment - at home, school, library, daycare center, online and in
cultural institutions - PBS is there. As the only television service with an education mission that extends beyond the
TV screen, PBS provides a range of services to its audience and its member stations to provide learning and enrichment
activities for all ages.
pbs.org provides comprehensive companion Web sites for more than 1,300 PBS television programs and specials, as well as
original Web content. With more than 175,000 pages of content to explore, visitors to the award-winning pbs.org can delve
further into the subjects they most enjoy - from news to history and the arts to science and technology. pbs.org furthers
the public broadcasting commitment to lifelong learning through supersites such as PBS Kids,
PBS Parents, PBS TeacherSource
and PBS TeacherLine.
pbs.org also connects you directly to your local public broadcasting member station through the Station Finder and the opportunity to customize your pbs.org experience with your local
member station. Visitors can browse television schedules, explore local content and enjoy the online offerings of more than 300
stations across the country.
By merging online and television media, pbs.org is pioneering the creation and distribution of interactive programming to
advance education, culture and citizenship worldwide.
PBS Video includes both PBS Home Video and PBS VIDEO.
PBS Home Video markets and distributes programs on videocassette and DVD to consumers, and PBS VIDEO is the leading source of
top-quality video and related products for classrooms, libraries, and workplaces.
PBS Ready To Learn Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education, PBS Ready To Learn has helped nearly
one million parents and teachers prepare eight million children for success in school through local training seminars,
free children's books and PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! TV programming, coupled with educational video spots and accompanying
Web sites.
PBS TeacherSource, helps preK-12 educators learn effective ways to incorporate online tools in the classroom through nearly
4,000 free lesson plans, teachers' guides, homeschooling guidance and other resourceful activities - all correlated to national
and state curriculum standards.
PBS TeacherLine, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides high-quality professional teacher development through
more than 90 online facilitated courses in reading, mathematics, science, curriculum and instruction, and technology integration.
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