The Emergency School Assistance Act Television Program (ESAA-TV) provides funds through grants and contracts for the production, duplication, promotion, and distribution of racially integrated children's programming. The programming is designed to help eliminate racial isolation, fear, and distrust and to provide compensatory education material.…

A group of 17, integrated children's television series developed under the Emergency School Aid Act are available to commercial and noncommercial broadcast users. All ESAA-TV programs are available for school uses without usage right fees. Several are aimed at teaching children about various specific North American ethnic groups. There are series…

This study evaluates the Emergency School Assistance Act Television Program (ESAA-TV), which provides grants and/or federal contracts to school districts for the production, duplication, promotion, and distribution of racially integrated children's programming. A review of the origins and intents of the legislation is followed by a description of…

Results are presented of a national survey of in-school students, teachers, and principals to determine the viewership and availability of 11 television series which have been produced and distributed through funding provided by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to reduce cultural isolation among minority group members. In-home surveys were also…

The U.S. Office of Education, under the legislative authority of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), commissioned a survey of the viewership of 11 ESAA-funded TV series designed to reduce cultural isolation in minority children. Objectives of the survey were to determine the availability of the ESAA-TV series to their target audiences, as well as…