Description
The Ready to Learn Programming grant is designed to promote school readiness and academic achievement through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programming for preschool and elementary school children and their families. The program aims to support the creation of nationally distributed educational media content that meets the highest standards of educational quality. Eligible applicants must be public telecommunications entities that can demonstrate a capacity for the development and national distribution of educational and instructional television programming of high quality. The grant will support projects that develop and disseminate programming and digital content containing Ready to Learn programming, as well as educational outreach materials and programs. Key aspects of the project include:
• Developing and producing accessible educational and instructional video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents
• Facilitating the development of educational programming for preschool and elementary school children, and accompanying support materials and services
• Contracting with entities to disseminate and distribute programming to the widest possible audience
• Developing and disseminating education and training materials to promote school readiness and the effective use of materials developed under the program
• Conducting an independent evaluation and submitting the final evaluation to the Education Resources Information Center
The grant will have a project period of 60 months, and the estimated available funds are $31,000,000, with an estimated range of awards from $6,000,000 to $12,000,000.