LeVar Burton to Bring Reading Rainbow Back … in an App

Via Scoop.it – Story and Narrative

When Reading Rainbow ended its 26-year run in 2009, it left behind decades of preschoolers for whom its theme song will forever surface nostalgia:   Take a look, it’s in a book, a reading rainbow.   The PBS program was cut because nobody would fund it. But John Grant, who was at the time in charge of content at Reading Rainbow’s home station, told NPR that a shift in the philosophy of educational television programming was also to blame.   He said the Bush administration believed in funding programs that taught children how to read, with tools like phonics and spelling. Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read — and encouraged them to pick up books.   LeVar Burton, Reading Rainbow’s executive producer and host, thinks the latter goal is still relevant. And he plans to use digital media to bring the show back.
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