Ready-To-Learn Television

Objective

To facilitate student academic achievement by developing educational programming and digital content, with accompanying educational support materials, for preschool and early elementary school children and their families.

Who Can Apply

• Other public institution/organization

To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, an entity shall be a public telecommunications entity that can demonstrate: 1. A capacity for the development and national distribution of educational and instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school children. 2. A capacity to contract with the producers of children’s television programming for the purpose of developing educational television programming of high quality. 3. A capacity, consistent with the entity’s mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any program-related products. 4. A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at the local level.

Who Benefits

• Individual/Family
• Anyone/general public

Programming is to be made widely available, with support materials as appropriate, to young children (ages 2-8), their parents/caregivers, child care workers, and Head Start and Even Start providers.

Assistance Types

• Project Grants

Program Contact

brian.lekander@ed.gov
(202) 205-5633