National Education Projects

AdLit.org is a national multimedia project from WETA that offers resources for parents and educators of struggling readers and writers in grades 4-12.

The site includes research-based articles, instructional material for classroom teachers, an Ask the Experts feature, blogs by a librarian and children's book reviewer, tips for parents, recommendations, exclusive interviews with top authors, and a free monthly e-newsletter.

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American Graduate is a public media initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to help local communities across the U.S. find solutions to address the dropout crisis. American Graduate D.C. brings together the three public media stations in our nation’s capital – WAMU, WETA, and WHUT – to collaborate with local youth development organizations, the public schools, advocacy groups, and others on dropout prevention.

The project website features television and radio stories about the dropout crisis and successful prevention programs in D.C., classroom resources for teachers including digital media curricula, a survey of local dropout prevention services, and volunteer opportunities.

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BrainLine.org is a national multimedia project from WETA that provides information and resources on preventing, treating, and living with traumatic brain injury.

The site includes a series of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign. BrainLine.org serves anyone whose life has been affected by TBI: people with brain injury, their families, professionals in the field, and anyone else in a position to help prevent or ameliorate the toll of TBI.

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ColorinColorado.org is an award-winning bilingual website for parents and educators of English language learners. The website offers Spanish-speaking parents a wealth of information in their native language and gives teachers the information they need to be more effective in working with children for whom English is a second language.

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LD OnLine provides accurate information about learning disabilities and ADHD to over 200,000 people each month. The site features hundreds of helpful articles, multimedia, first-person essays, and children’s writing and artwork. Monthly advice columns by noted experts, active forums, a comprehensive resource directory, and a Yellow Pages referral directory help parents, teachers, and people with learning disabilities decide what to do.

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LearningStore.org offers educational videos, books, and software for teachers, parents, and kids. All products are carefully reviewed by education experts. Proceeds from LearningStore.org support WETA's national educational projects.

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ReadingRockets.org is a national multimedia project from WETA that looks at how young children learn to read, why so many struggle, and what we can do to help them.

The website includes an archive of articles, professional development webcasts, interviews with children's authors, a daily headline service, two blogs, and much more. ReadingRockets.org also encompasses television programs produced for PBS, including A Tale of Two Schools and the Launching Young Readers series.

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