[02/03/10] - Texas is raising the bar on education, making curriculum pre-K – 12 more in line with skills needed for life outside of public school, whether that's college or a career. That's why the STAAR or State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam will soon replace the TAKS or Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test beginning in the 2011 and 2012 school year.
[02/03/10] - All five Republican candidates to represent district 17 in the U.S. House squared off in a debate in downtown Waco last night. KWBU's Derek Smith was there.
[01/25/10] - Nationally, 27% of public school 4th graders score below basic reading levels. The PBS Kids show The Electric company attempts to close the literacy gap between low and middle income families and improve reading skills among children.
KWBU has combined the programming on KWBU-TV with PBS HD programming to create KWBU-DT. Watch KWBU-DT on Time Warner channel 4 and 1004, Grande, channel 4 and 404, or over-the-air on channel 34.1.
KWBU-TV V-me is the first Spanish-language public television network created for America's Latino families. V-me is being carried digitally on Ch. 34.4, Time-Warner Cable in Waco on Channel 459, and on Grande Communications Channel 189.
This unique channel celebrates life-enriching endeavors of cooking, painting, crafting, home improvement, collecting and travel. Watch Create on Time Warner, channel 156, Grande, channel 173, or over-the-air on channel 34.2.
KWBU is launching the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest, a national competition designed to promote the advancement of children's reading skills through hands-on, active learning. The effort encourages children in grade K-3 in the viewing area and communities across the country to celebrate the power of creating stories and illustrations by submitting their own original stories and illustrations.
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What do you get when you combine all your favorite KWBU-FM programs: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, A Prairie Home Companion-and all the other great radio programs that you listen to each day on KWBU-FM?
