The Education Channel
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The Education Channel is a basic cable television
Educational-access television channel realized by the Baltimore County Public Schools
. Its offices and production studios are located, but not part of, The Carver Center for the Arts and Technology.
The Education Channel broadcasts in Baltimore County on Comcast Cable channel 73 (formerly channel 36) and on Verizon channel 34 in Baltimore and Harford counties in Maryland.
The Education Channel is a former programming partner (1990s) of the now-defunct Paramount EMS service, providing educational television programming to schools across the country. John Chester's Rap it Out was one of the main series featured on this national service while Network Underground was syndicated to PBS stations across the country. The co-host of this series, Christopher Legg, went on to guest-star in a number of television series and films before his death in 2003 from an automobile accident.
The Education Channel partnered with Cable-in-the-Classroom and provided programming from cable channels such as the History Channel prior to their launch on the Comcast Cable System.
The main function of the Education Channel is to provide instructional television to schools within the Baltimore County Public School System, but its wide variety of educational and intellectual programming has helped it develop a strong following in the entire community which is able to view it on cable.
Current notable shows on the Education Channel include:
SAT Review
SAT Review is an award-winning program that gives valuable tips and winning strategies to help students prepare for the SAT and aims to help students continue to achieve high scores on the exam.
High School Sports Scene
The award-winning High School Sports Scene highlights the student athletes and athletic programs of the Baltimore County Public Schools.
Career Tracks
Career Tracks takes students into the workplace and gives them access to experts in a wide range of fields.
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
Educational-access television channel realized by the Baltimore County Public Schools
Baltimore County Public Schools
Baltimore County Public Schools is the school district in charge of all public schools in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The nation's 25th largest school system as of 2005, it is managed by the Board of Education, headquartered in Towson. The Superintendent is Dr. Joe A...
. Its offices and production studios are located, but not part of, The Carver Center for the Arts and Technology.
The Education Channel broadcasts in Baltimore County on Comcast Cable channel 73 (formerly channel 36) and on Verizon channel 34 in Baltimore and Harford counties in Maryland.
The Education Channel is a former programming partner (1990s) of the now-defunct Paramount EMS service, providing educational television programming to schools across the country. John Chester's Rap it Out was one of the main series featured on this national service while Network Underground was syndicated to PBS stations across the country. The co-host of this series, Christopher Legg, went on to guest-star in a number of television series and films before his death in 2003 from an automobile accident.
The Education Channel partnered with Cable-in-the-Classroom and provided programming from cable channels such as the History Channel prior to their launch on the Comcast Cable System.
The main function of the Education Channel is to provide instructional television to schools within the Baltimore County Public School System, but its wide variety of educational and intellectual programming has helped it develop a strong following in the entire community which is able to view it on cable.
Current notable shows on the Education Channel include:
SAT Review
SAT Review is an award-winning program that gives valuable tips and winning strategies to help students prepare for the SAT and aims to help students continue to achieve high scores on the exam.
High School Sports Scene
The award-winning High School Sports Scene highlights the student athletes and athletic programs of the Baltimore County Public Schools.
Career Tracks
Career Tracks takes students into the workplace and gives them access to experts in a wide range of fields.