Why ‘Sesame Street’ Still Matters—57 Years Later

The show's ability to be there with us on sunny and cloudy days has made it a foundational piece of our lives for nearly six ...
The Durango Herald

‘Sesame Street’ gives kids lessons that last

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 ...
Variety

Tony Geiss, ‘Sesame Street’ screenwriter, dies at 86

Writer Tony Geiss, who helped “Sesame Street” win 22 daytime Emmys for scriptwriting and songwriting by means of the words he put in the mouths of Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and Elmo, died on Jan. 21 ...
The Norman Transcript

Sesame Street's educational impact is comparable to preschool, study finds

"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 ...
NPR

How 'Sesame Street' got its start

When "Sesame Street" was created in 1969, it was a test - could television teach children? The program was developed with lower-income families in mind, and the set was meant to represent a block in ...