A PBS spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY that 25% of PBS Kids employees have been furloughed "because of the decision by the Department of Education to abruptly cancel the Ready To ...

PBS Kids furloughs 25% of staff after Trump administration cuts grant A Department of Education spokesperson said the Ready To Learn grant was cut because it was 'not aligned with Administration ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS have received a Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement.

In a Friday New York Times feature article, Kerger mentioned that PBS “furloughed a ton of people” this month. “We had to furlough 25 percent of PBS Kids employees because of the decision by the ...

The CPB said that it was informed by the Department of Education on Friday that the 2020-25 Ready to Learn grant was being canceled, forcing it to inform PBS and 44 public media stations to pause ...

GEOFF BENNETT: To help us understand the implications of President Trump's order to dismantle the Education Department, we get two perspectives tonight. Let's first turn to Rick Hess.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which backs NPR and PBS, said in a statement on Tuesday that the Department of Education had terminated a federal grant program that funded shows for children.