Forty years after Joan Ganz Cooney's landmark study stimulated the creation of Sesame Street, a new center devoted to accelerating children's learning in a rapidly changing world was established.

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop focuses on the new challenges children face today, asking the 21st century equivalent of her original question, "How can emerging media help children learn?"

Site Credits

We would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their contributions to the development of this Website:

Editorial Staff
Catherine Jhee, Director of Web and Strategic Communications
Marj Kleinman, Director of Digital Media (former)
Michael H. Levine, Executive Director
Dixie Ching, Senior Manager, Research & Communications (former)
Dan Rabinowitz, Production Assistant

Technical Support & Web Development: Rafal Czapski, Manager of Portal Services, Sesame Workshop

Special thanks to the entire Cooney Center team: Ann My Thai, Lori Takeuchi, Carly Shuler, Gabrielle Cayton-Hodges, Marisa Kleinman, and Lili Toutounas.

Web Design and Development: Ruder Finn Interactive
Laura Kraber, Prayag Patel, Rob Mitchell, Cheryl Barkin, Elaine Cohen, Joo Yeon Yoo, Edward Swonger, Ritu Mahato, Harish Agarwal, and Avinas Dwivedi.

Managed Services, Monitoring and Configuration management provided by Arces.

Center Logo and Assets Design: Unboundary
Tod Martin, David Cannon and their fabulous creative team.

Press Contacts:
Jodi Lefkowitz, Ellen Lewis

General Guidance: Sesame Workshop
Miles Ludwig, Noah Broadwater, Emily Reardon, Cheroc Lawless, David Chan, Daryl Mintz, Maura Harway, Eoin Cunningham.

Proofreading: Caitlin E. Adams

Photo Credits

Michael Levine, Ann Thai, Carly Shuler, Gary Knell, Lloyd Morrisett: Gil Vaknin

Gabrielle Cayton-Hodges, Lili Toutounas, Caitlin Skopac, Dan Rabinowitz: Marj Kleinman

Mary Katherine Ciccodicola, Terry deRoy Gruber, Tina Mills, Bob Stockfield, Eduardo Patino, and Gil Vaknin.
Alan Gershenfeld: Courtesy of Alan Gershenfeld
James Paul Gee: Courtesy of James Paul Gee
Sharon Lynn Kagan: Courtesy of the National Center for Children and Families
Delia Pompa: Courtesy of the National Council of La Raza
Linda Roberts: Courtesy of Linda Roberts
Marshall "Mike" S. Smith: Courtesy of Stanford University
Vivien Stewart: Courtesy of Asia Society
Ellen Wartella: Courtesy of University of California at Riverside
Richard Termine: Tiffanie Weaver

Events:
Breakthrough Learning Forum: Bay Area Events Photography

Stock Photography:
iStockPhoto.com