A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of socially conscious children’s media. I particularly addressed how inclusive characters in media make children more aware and accepting of people ...

Update: “Sesame Street” will air the special episode “Meet Julia” Monday, April 10 on HBO and PBS KIDS. The following is a script from “New Kid on the Street,” which aired on March 19, 2017. Lesley ...

Associated Press files Muppet character Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a 2008 taping of the children's program "Sesame Street" in New York. NEW YORK — Most Americans born since ...

NEW YORK – Most Americans born since the mid-1960s have a favorite “Sesame Street” skit. Jennifer Kotler Clarke watched hers on a black-and-white television set in her family’s Bronx apartment. There ...

"It was thrilling for Robin Williams to be on the show," she says Sonia Manzano is remembering one of her favorite guest stars from her Sesame Street days: Robin Williams, who appeared on the show ...

"Sesame Street" writers design their shows to have those effects. From the start, the program rooted its scripts in an academic curriculum designed to help children — particularly low-income urban ...

NEW YORK — Most Americans born since the mid-1960s have a favorite “Sesame Street” skit. Jennifer Kotler Clarke watched hers on a black-and-white television set in her family’s Bronx apartment. There ...