April 29, 2025

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Public TV Stations Partnering with Schools to Increase Educational Content for Students Without Internet

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Public TV Stations Partnering with Schools to Increase Educational Content for Students Without Internet

Image credit: Unsplash: Glenn Carstens-Peters. Article by Erik Ofgang.

In addition to adding traditional educational programs, public TV stations are providing tools such as datacasting and teacher-created content to help students who don’t have internet access

Teaching has always been a part of public television’s mission. The stations grew out of a network of university-run radio stations and the link with instructional content was formalized in 1952 when the FCC reserved 242 local channels for noncommercial educational TV.

Never has that link been more important than now. […]