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Each year, more than two million teachers and students engage in our in-person workshops, lesson plans, online classes, and the best-selling Folger Editions of Shakespeare’s plays.

For four decades, our programs and resources have supported teachers in all kinds of schools and students of all abilities, both locally and nationally.

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Applications Now Open for the 2026 Teaching Shakespeare Institute

Applications are now open for the 2026 Teaching Shakespeare Institute (TSI), the Folger Shakespeare Library’s flagship professional development program for teachers, offered every other summer. From June 28–July 17, 2026, we will welcome a new cohort of passionate and curious educators for a three-week immersive experience. Together we will explore Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra with support from leading scholars, Folger Mentor Teachers, and access to the unparalleled Folger collection.

Established more than four decades ago, TSI has a proven track record as a transformational professional program for teachers who want to deepen their content knowledge, strengthen their classroom practice, and join a collaborative community of educators who care deeply about the humanities. Participants learn through hands-on engagement with rare materials and collections items, performance-based approaches, seminar-style study, and shared inquiry. The institute is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and all accepted teachers receive a stipend to support their participation.

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