September 2009
ABC-CLIO and PBS Teachers Present: The Making of a National Park
September 2009
Showcasing America's Natural Treasures...Engage Students with Resources as Vast as Yosemite
PBS Foundation Receives $1 Million Ford Foundation Grant for New PBS Digital Learning Library
September 2009
Grant will help PBS develop a new initiative to deliver digital public media to the 21st century classroom.
PBS KIDS Raising Readers Sponsors 2009 National Book Festival
September 2009
PBS KIDS Raising Readers will partner with the Library of Congress to sponsor the 2009 National Book Festival. The 2009 National Book Festival will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
Help Get the Facts Out: Take the Project RED Survey
September 2009
Project RED is an ambitious research project. Spread the word to principals at all technology-rich schools in your area to go to take the survey today!
Produce for Kids® Play with Your Produce Classroom Challenge
September 2009
Teachers are invited to "produce" a play, alliterate with awesome apples or even "rock around the vegetable wok,” as part of the Produce for Kids® Play with Your Produce Classroom Challenge. The challenge, open to grades K to 6, asks teachers to help students discover healthy eating habits through creative, fun classroom activities that teach kids about fresh produce.
President Barack Obama to Make Historic Speech to America’s Students and the “I Am What I Learn” Video Contest
September 2009
The U.S. Department of Education is launching the “I Am What I Learn” video contest. On Sept. 8, they will ask students to respond to the president’s challenge by creating videos, up to two minutes in length, describing the steps they will take to improve their education and the role education will play in fulfilling their dreams.
PBS KIDS® and Family Communications, Inc. Launch New MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD Website on PBSKIDS.ORG
September 2009
A new neighborhood awaits preschoolers and fans of all ages at PBSKIDS.org/rogers with the redesigned MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD website, full of new activities, video clips and memorabilia.