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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...