Howard University News November 29, 2018 Corporation For Public Broadcasting, PBS Partner With WHUT To Support Early Science And Literacy Learning The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS today announced that public media station WHUT-Howard University Television has been awarded $175,000 to work with community partners to provide science and literacy resources for the youngest learners to underserved areas. WHUT is one of 14 public media stations nationwide to receive a Community Collaboratives for Early Learning and Media (CC-ELM) grant this year, joining 16 other public media stations doing similar work through a community engagement model to help the youngest learners in their communities. This effort is part of a five-year "Ready To Learn" grant awarded to CPB and PBS through the U.S. Department of Education's "Ready To Learn" Initiative. It was created to advance new tools supporting personalized and adaptive content for children and parents, to establish a network of community collaboratives, and to conduct efficacy research on the educational resources provided. "Consistent with Public Media's mission to provide universal access in innovative ways that seize the opportunities made possible by digital technology," says Jefferi K. Lee. General Manager of WHUT. "We are excited about this opportunity to continue the strong collaborative relationships with our community partners to engage our youngest learners, with high quality PBS KIDS content." The grant will enable WHUT to work closely with community partners in the Bellevue community, located in Ward 8. The partners include W. B. Patterson Elementary School, The Bald Eagle Recreation Center, The Homeless Children's Playtime Project and The Community of Hope Clinic among others. The grant will be utilized to maximize the impact of new PBS KIDS science and literacy-based programming, mobile apps and digital games from trusted series "Ready Jet Go!" and "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" along with other media properties. Work will include professional development for educators and training for facilitators and caregivers in best practices to engage families and children in learning together about scientific inquiry and literacy through digital media. "Public media's high-quality children's content has proven effective in helping our youngest learners make academic gains and experience social-emotional growth to get on the right track for school," explained Deb Sanchez, CPB's Senior Vice President of Education and Children's Content. Sanchez says through grants supporting community collaborations, public media can provide engaging learning opportunities for all children and families, particularly those living in low-income communities. "Together with community partners, PBS stations play an integral role in helping our nation's most underserved kids," said Lesli Rotenberg, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, Children's Media & Education, PBS. "We fully support the work of 14 additional stations sharing impactful resources with their local communities through these new grants. Their work builds on years of research demonstrating that PBS KIDS content is effective in helping children learn critical school readiness skills, with kids in low-income households often making the greatest gains." For the past two decades, the U.S. Department of Education's Ready To Learn Television grant<http://www2.ed.gov/programs/rtltv> has funded the development of educational television and digital media targeted at preschool and early elementary school children and their families, especially those who live in low-income communities. CPB<http://www.cpb.org/> and PBS KIDS<http://www.pbskids.org/> work with producers, researchers, local public media stations, and other partners to develop, distribute and evaluate PBS KIDS multiplatform content to engage children, families, and educators in learning experiences at home, in preschool, and in out-of-school settings. Information on other stations receiving Community Collaboratives for Early Learning and Media (CC-ELM) grants can be found in the 2015-2020 grant announcement<https://www.cpb.org/pressroom/cpb-and-pbs-receive-ready-learn-grant-us-department-education> and 2016 press release<https://www.cpb.org/pressroom/cpb-and-pbs-partner-five-stations-support-early-learning-low-income-communities>. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. 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