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Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports PBS and NPR, was cut by $1.1 billion.
PBS provides free educational resources, including PBS Kids and PBS LearningMedia, to millions of children and educators.
PragerU, a conservative media nonprofit, is being introduced as an educational resource in some states' classrooms.
Critics argue that PragerU's content, which includes animated videos on history, is political propaganda and historically inaccurate.
Every fall, parents send kids back to school with backpacks full of pencils, notebooks, and lunchboxes. But starting this year, they have to think twice about something they have always counted on: the free, trusted, educational lifeline that PBS provides .
On July 24, President Trump