School Support – PBS Wisconsin Education

Ignite curiosity with the power of public media

For more than 50 years, PBS has been a trusted source of research-based educational resources. Today we offer free support for schools, districts, and other learning organizations.

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Custom media curation

Standards-based, free-to-use public-media resources curated to support your learning goals, established curricula, and state mandates like Act 31.

Professional learning

Powerful, practical professional learning sessions to meet your professional development needs and support and celebrate your educators.

Resource co-design

Opportunities to collaborate with PBS producers to create content that meets real needs in the classroom.

Spark Learning

Boost student engagement with public media

Use our locally-produced, place-based Wisconsin stories to make learning relevant to students’ lives.
Enhance existing curricula across subjects and grades with trusted, standards-aligned public media.

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Build digital citizens with hands-on programs

Amplify youth voice and creativity by developing thoughtful and responsible media consumers and creators.
Support students to grow their critical thinking skills to find reliable and accurate information.

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Prepare early learners for school and life

Access resources that develop early literacy skills to support a lifelong love of reading.
Use trusted media to strengthen emotional regulation and focus for school readiness

Responsive by design

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Listening is the heart of our service

PBS Wisconsin Education resources are research-informed and field-tested. Our work reflects well-established research on how learners engage and is shaped by ongoing feedback from Wisconsin educators and families—before, during, and after production.

We also evaluate our impact. Through ongoing data collection, we study how our resources are used and how they support learning and student engagement. As this work grows, programs like The Look Back from PBS Wisconsin demonstrate alignment with ESSA Evidence Tier IV, reflecting intentional design and a clear plan for measuring outcomes.