Download the KQED Education 2024-2025 School Year Report
4,000 Reasons to Listen
This past year, KQED took bold steps to elevate youth voice—amplifying student stories, supporting educators, and leading the way on ethical GenAI use in classrooms. And we focused on civic engagement and media literacy with a special Election 2024 project in the Youth Media Challenge where students called upon audiences to come together to create a better world for all. From record-breaking media submissions (over 4,000 – nearly doubling last year!) to national partnerships and teacher-tested resources, we’ve helped create space for young people to share how they see their world—and why it matters.
What will you see in our report? On pages 5-7 you’ll see lots of examples of the creative and impactful media students created this year (make sure you watch the one about freshman basketball!). On pages 7-8 you’ll read about some of our new and exciting partnerships, including other public media stations and organizations like 826 National. Want to learn about what we’re doing related to generative AI? Turn to page 9. And the results are in from a recent evaluation of our free, online media literacy professional development courses for educators. Read about those on page 12. There is so much more to celebrate, so curl up with a big cup of hot chocolate and this report and get ready to improve your mood!
Want to share your thoughts? Email me at mparker@kqed.org. Want to partner with us? Reach out to our Partnership Director Almetria Vaba or our Grants Manager Danielle Horcabas.
Many thanks for your continued partnership and dedication to the youth in our communities,
Michelle Parker
Executive Director, Education
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About KQED
KQED is a not-for-profit public media station and NPR and PBS member station in the San Francisco Bay Area. KQED makes award-winning digital, radio, and TV programming and has a track record in education spanning more than 70 years.
The KQED Education Department’s north star is to elevate diverse youth voices. We are uniquely positioned to combine award-winning media literacy and media making resources with the power of public media. Our staff includes teachers, media makers, and journalists who create free, ready-to-use, media literacy curriculum that deeply engages students and hands-on professional development for teachers. Through our suite of programs, we train teachers to meaningfully incorporate media literacy into K-12 classrooms and develop students’ critical thinking skills about real-world issues, which are core to a healthy democracy, and promote civic engagement across generations.