This partnership formed to release statewide resources that educators can use to provide continued instruction to students.

 

Bethlehem, PA. – March 31 – The Pennsylvania Department of Education has partnered with the seven Public Broadcasting System (PBS) member stations in the state to provide instructional programming to students.

Public television reaches over 12.4 million Pennsylvanians serving large, diverse, rural and underserved audiences. PBS39 alone reaches 3.28 million of those Pennsylvanians.

Through this partnership, free, learning-at-home resources are available from all seven stations in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth at learningathomepa.org. The site includes PBS39’s Lehigh Valley Learns, which launched this week.

“Through 50 plus years of public broadcasting, PBS has provided a unique platform for the educational challenges we are facing right now. Through a strong partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and Pennsylvania’s six other public television stations, we are fulfilling PBS39’s mission to provide students with the best learning opportunities available,” said Tim Fallon, Chief Executive Officer of Lehigh Valley Public Media.

In addition to public broadcasting resources, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced up to $5 million in state funding for equity grants so schools can purchase computer equipment, such as laptops, tablets and internet hot spots, or use towards providing instructional materials such as paper lessons and coursework. The department will also allocate new federal money to these grants as the federal appropriations become available.

For more guidance to school communities in the form of FAQs, visit education.pa.gov/COVID19.

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Victoria Scialfa
Marketing and Public Relations Manager
Lehigh Valley Public Media

 

 

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