WHYY Programming

Learning at Home with Pennsylvania Public Television: The Pennsylvania Department of Education has partnered with Pennsylvania's public television stations to provide instructional programming to students through the seven individual Public Broadcasting System (PBS) member stations in the state. These free "Learning at Home" resources are available to families and educators at the link above. Additional information will be added as the partnership expands.

WHYY Brings the Classroom Home

With schools closed, WHYY is here to support teachers, parents, and kids with expansive, standards-aligned educational resources through TV and online.

WHYY-TV

  • PreK-Gr. 2: WHYY has extended children's programming from 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (WHYY-TV 12.1 - Comcast 812 and Fios 512)

  • Gr. 3-12: Beginning Monday, March 23, WHYY will carry special TV programming tied to educational standards (WHYY-TV 12.2 - Comcast 257 and Fios 474)

  • The WHYY PBS Kids 24/7 channel is always available (WHYY-TV 12.3 - Comcast 258 and Fios 473)

Schedule

24-Hour Resources Online

  • For teachers: PBS has curated free, educational videos, interactive tools, lesson plans, puzzles, and more just for teachers.

  • For cooped up kids: There are games, activities, and videos for curious kids at PBSkids.org, the PBS KIDS Video app, and the PBS KIDS Games app.

Educator Resources

  • WHYY is providing educational programming aligned to state and national standards on their channel Y2. Please see the WHYY Brings the Classroom Home site.

  • A lot of the content on Y2 is generated from PBS Learning Media's online curriculum website. Teachers can actually embed the lessons from the site straight to their Google Classroom.

  • For teachers looking to take professional development courses, they can check out this site to see upcoming courses. Some are free and others do have a small fee. WHYY does not run. these courses, but can put any interested teachers in contact with the folks at PBS.

  • WHYY is looking for teachers to record motivational messages or short video lessons for their new TV show, which will be called WHYY Learning