PBS president Paula Kerger told the AJC that current efforts by the Trump administration to defund their operations is more aggressive than skirmishes in the past.

Easily molded and warped, the folds not yet folded − metaphorically speaking, of course − how young people take in the world ...

Opinion: President Donald Trump has a long record with musicals and money. Why not restage the failed play he helped produce ...

A rumor that circulated online in May 2025 claimed mean-spirited "Sesame Street" characters parodying Donald Trump in past decades were what prompted the U.S. president to eliminate federal ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order slashing funding to PBS and NPR, which could jeopardize the future of Sesame Street ... for the Department of Education Madi Biedermann ...

A LinkedIn post purportedly written by Sesame Street’s most lovable red ... that the Ready to Learn grant - a longstanding Department of Education programme that funds educational content ...

Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Department of Education ... Trump signed an executive order ordering the CPB to end federal funding to PBS and NPR.

A Department ... Education formally notified CPB that the 2020–2025 Ready To Learn grant was terminated effective immediately. CPB then instructed PBS and 44 public media stations across 28 ...

The letter instructs states and local education agencies to work together to inform parents of their children’s school status. The Education Department also instructs states to make updates of ...

The Department of Education notified CPB Friday night that its 2020–25 Ready To Learn ... and profound impact on the service PBS provides to families and children across America,” said PBS Kids GM ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which backs NPR and PBS, said in a statement on Tuesday that the Department of Education had ... including “Sesame Street,” “Reading Rainbow ...

WASHINGTON—Following a decision by U.S. Department of Education ... program. CPB strongly pushed back against the decision and said it would work with Congress and the administration to restore the ...