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Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) has announced David Olson — a social studies teacher from James Madison Memorial High School in Madison — as one of 30 educators from across the country for the first PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Program.

Wisconsin Public Television announces a collection of free resources for educators inspired by the Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Neenah-Menasha project. These new local history resources were created in partnership with Neenah and Menasha educators, historical societies and community members.

Four of Wisconsin's most talented young musicians will perform in concert with the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) as Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) offer broadcast coverage of Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte. Full live coverage of the concert will air on WPT 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14. It will also be available via livestream on wpt.org and broadcast live on WPR.

Beloved Wisconsin author, historian and storyteller Jerry Apps has built a fruitful partnership with Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), sharing stories of rural life and lore in four popular films since 2012. Now, Apps returns to WPT for a fifth time to share memories from his time at a one-room school in Waushara county.

Storytellers from each of the 11 sovereign nations located in Wisconsin — and one nation whose sovereign status is no longer recognized by the federal government — share the unique histories of their people and communities in the Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) series of Tribal Histories documentaries.