Ready to Learn (RTL) grants provide a safety net for U.S. children who are traditionally underserved educationally. The current federal administration just slashed those nets.

Earlier this morning, the Senate approved sweeping cuts to public media funding, threatening PBS Kids and with it, one of the few screen-time options built entirely around how children learn and grow.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said this week that the Department of Education has ended a federal grant that helped fund children's shows.

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 ...

On May 2, 2025, at the age of 30, the grant that funded much of PBS KIDS’ content—the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...

The viral post coincided with the announcement that the Ready to Learn grant - a longstanding Department of Education programme that funds educational content for PBS Kids - has been scrapped by ...

ATLANTA — PBS has furloughed staff in response to its changing financial outlook, President Paula Kerger said during her keynote address Monday at the PBS Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The cuts were ...

The termination of the federal grant program, called Ready To Learn, resulted in a loss of $23 million that would have gone to educational programs.

Ready to Learn (RTL) grants provide a safety net for U.S. children who are traditionally underserved educationally. The current federal administration just slashed those nets.