DOE and Sesame Workshop

The United States Department of Education (DOE) provides major funding support for Sesame Workshop initiatives, including Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, and most recently, a new version of The Electric Company, a part of the DOE’s Ready To Learn literacy initiative. Ready To Learn television programming is designed to facilitate student academic achievement by supporting the development and distribution of educational video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents.

The Electric Company’s mission is to create an immersive, hip, and funny literacy experience that appeals to children in underserved communities. Much like the original, today’s Electric Company is designed specifically for struggling readers between the ages of six and eight, with a particular focus on second graders. In addition to a national broadcast and richly interactive online environment, The Electric Company curriculum will be implemented through community-based outreach activities.*

*The contents of this website were developed under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, PR#U295A050003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.