Education Blog

PBS KIDS has several games and interactives that can help make your family traveling more fun!

Recently in Washington DC, a few of the nation’s top early childhood education researchers met to discuss whether there is truly a benefit in sending your little ones to preschool. They all agreed that kids who attend public preschool programs are better prepared for kindergarten than kids who do not.

For the past 6 weeks, the fifth grade students enrolled in the Martin Luther King Elementary School after achool program have participated in the WILL-TV Design Squad Global program. The program ends this week but I am confident that it is a new beginning for many of the King students.

This summer let’s get the kids outside, into nature, and making their own discoveries! Dr. Scott Sampson, host of Dinosaur Train, provides some Expert Tips & Advice to PBS Parents about the importance of letting our children play and explore the outdoors.

The pressure to read at the appropriate grade level can be overwhelming and even scary for some children.  We know strong reading skills help lay the foundation for a student’s educational career. Chicago literacy expert, Timothy Shanahan, explained to Today’s Parent that a British study released in 2013 showed children’s literacy and math levels at age seven were predictive of their overall earnings at the age of 42. How do we make reading a skill that children love instead of a complicated task they despise?

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, on average, kids in Illinois spend about five hours a day in school. Today’s students are our next generation and it is vital that they understand the importance of sustainability. One way to introduce kids to sustainability is through the classroom environment.

President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates all federal funding for public broadcasting and threatens the collapse of the entire system. The good news is PBS ranks high as a trusted and valued public institution by the American people.  Speaking with your member of Congress about why you value public media could help save the system.

How do teachers continue to cover social studies content if designated instructional minutes are being cut? The answer lies with integrated curriculum!

The Women’s Marches of 2017 may have been the largest demonstration in US history.  There were over 200 international Women’s Marches across the globe as well. As this is a very interesting time for women around the world, it is only fitting that we take a moment and celebrate National Women’s History Month.

A new and upcoming educational trend, Math Circles, is helping teachers collaborate and work on fun, challenging math alongside research mathematicians to bring creativity and discovery learning to classrooms.