Since its founding more than 40 years ago, WHYY's purpose is to serve the community through telecommunications by contributing to the quality of life through education, information, entertainment and inspiration.

In addition to broadcasting great television and radio programs, some of WHYY's educational projects include:

• Ready to Learn is a service that ties together hundreds of day-care centers for preschool children and aims at preparing them for school.
• LibertyNet is a noncommercial, community computer network for non-profit use. WHYY is a founding partner and provides the technical headquarters and hosts community workshops about the Internet.
• Mathline is a service that ties middle-school teachers together across the state of Delaware, allowing for in-service training, shared experiences and new teaching techniques.
• The Edison/Fareira Project ties together students from this Philadelphia high school with students from the University of Pennsylvania, Germantown Friends School and WHYY, in publishing projects on the Internet.
• NEW - The WHYY Home College Service will begin this fall when WHYY-TV launches 24 hour a day broadcast operations on September 16, 1996.  Eleven leading colleges located throughout the Philadelphia Region now offer Distance Learning Telecourses. For credit courses can now be achieved from the convenience of your home at a time that you control. Enrollment is open now !
• The Delaware Valley Distance Learning Consortium is an alliance of more than 40 colleges and universities in the tri-state region, organized by WHYY and dedicated to reaching more students, of all ages and circumstances, more efficiently.