1990s: Education

I don't allow my son, Nicholas, to watch anything but TV12. WHYY is all educational fun. There's no violence. It's a positive influence on my child. Sesame Street helps him learn his alphabet, counting and colors. After attending a Ready To Learn parents' workshop, I came away with great information about how we can use television constructively to educate our children. We learned how to improve TV-viewing habits by choosing carefully what and how much television to watch. I left the workshop appreciating how much WHYY cares about education. -- Christine Sorace, Parent, Philadelphia, PA

WHYY Webmaster Chris Spurgeon made a transition to television when he hosted WHYY's Science theme week on-site from the Franklin Institute.

Sam Lemon, Manager of Community Education Services, plays educational games with students at Children's Village daycare center in Center City.

Two teens take part in Student Voices on Violence, Is Anybody Listening? a discussion about local students' experience with violence in their schools and communities (following the Columbine High School shootings).

1994 |||||||||||||| WHYY launches its Ready To Learn Service on TV12, airing 101/2 hours of children's programming each weekday. The following year, WHYY begins providing RTL workshops in day care centers, to help child care providers prepare young children for school.	1995 ||||||||||||| WHYY forms Delaware Valley Distance Learning Consortium, an alliance of 47 colleges and universities. WHYY initiates its in-service Mathline training for Middle School teachers in Delaware.	1996 ||||||||||||| WHYY Home College Service becomes the biggest start-up provider of distance learning for adults in the PBS system. WHYY teams with Philadelphia schools in Strawberry Mansion and at Edison High-Fareira Skills Center to bring technology into classrooms.
1997 |||||||||||||| WHYY forms its Educational Services Department. In its first year, WHYY's Education Connection provided every student in two Wilmington classrooms with a computer, Internet access and e-mail accounts in their homes.	1998 ||||||||||||| Education Connection expands to four middle school classrooms in Wilmington, DE, and two classrooms in Seaford, DE.	1999 ||||||||||||| WHYY launches a Spanish Language Ready To Learn research project, to study the possibility of creating a new, comprehensive RTL service for Spanish-speaking children and families.
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