Parents' Guide to

KQED

By Polly Conway, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

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KQED is the best source from San Francisco for many educational resources — also PBS LearningMedia™ is partnered with 'GBH — and more. Even many programmes are interesting. Even one of the most interesting PBS kids characters is presented by KQED.

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Content is fresh and updated frequently, and the community that they're working to create with the Do Now activity is exciting. However, the content could be better organized. Clicking on various links often takes you to the same place, and the main page is a bit convoluted. It's hard to know where to look for teacher resources as opposed to content directed toward kids. However, this problem may exist because there's just so much to look at here, including five separate blogs, all about education. The Early Learning section could be more substantial; it basically just links out to other PBS assets.

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