Playtime Pad Research

Congratulations are in order for WKAR Public Media. Recently, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters named WKAR Michigan Public Television Station of…

WKAR TV was honored to receive a national award during the 2018 National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Awards gala on Jan. 21, 2019.…

On this week's Current State - lame duck in the Michigan legislature: protection or power grab? Plus, mayor Karen Weaver of Flint updates us on pipeline…

Kindergarteners at two Lansing elementary schools got a new gadget to learn how to read. WKAR’s education intern McKenna Ross reports.Michigan State…

On November 10-11 edition of Current State: recapping the pink & blue wave from Election 2018; passage of legalization of marijuana in Michigan; PBS…

In Lansing, a unique learning project is helping some of the city’s youngest students build their digital skills. They’re using Android tablets provided…

More than 1,000 Lansing School District kindergartners now have a PBS KIDS Playtime Pad! The final deliveries were made on Wednesday, December 20 under…

A new, fun, engaging way for kindergartners to learn math and for researchers to explore how students learn launched this week in the Lansing School…

Soon, a thousand Lansing kindergartners will literally have an exciting new education tool in their hands thanks to WKAR and MSU’s College of…