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==Research and education== Programs for advanced scholars, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates are provided by the Folger Institute. Programs for [[Kβ12]] teachers and students are provided by the Education department. ===Folger Institute=== The Folger Institute has served as the focus of scholarly research at the Folger since 1970. The Folger offers long- and short-term fellowships for advanced researchers across all disciplines, and hosts the two-week Amherst-Folger Undergraduate Fellowship program every January. The Institute holds a variety of colloquia, courses, workshops, and conferences for faculty, graduate students, and secondary educators. Scholarly programs run by the Folger Institute include the Folger Institute Consortium, a group that shares research and other resources among over 40 universities, the Center for Shakespeare Studies, which seeks depth and diversity in Shakespeare scholarship, and the Center for the History of British Political Thought, which promotes continued scholarship of three hundred years of [[British politics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Folger Institute|url=http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Folger_Institute|website=Folgerpedia|publisher=Folger Shakespeare Library|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617114749/http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Folger_Institute|archive-date=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scholarly Programs|date=28 January 2015|url=http://www.folger.edu/scholarly-programs|publisher=Folger.edu|access-date=29 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626081153/http://www.folger.edu/scholarly-programs|archive-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> ===Education=== Educational outreach at the Folger began in the early 1970s;<ref name=Grant2014-195/> today, the Folger Education department continues those early efforts with a variety of programs for Kβ12 students and teachers that emphasize an [[active learning]] approach to Shakespeare. Teachers gather at the Folger for day-long and month-long programs to work to incorporate Shakespeare and performance in the classroom.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Professional Development|url = http://www.folger.edu/professional-development|website = Folger Shakespeare Library|access-date = 2016-01-12|last = kdvorak|date = 15 December 2014|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151228060400/http://www.folger.edu/professional-development|archive-date = 2015-12-28}}</ref> The department also publishes a variety of materials for classroom use. Student programs include workshops, local residency initiatives, and a high school fellowship program during which students study Shakespeare at the Folger. The Emily Jordan Folger Children's Shakespeare Festival, founded in 1980, allows elementary students to perform every spring.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Emily Jordan Folger Children's Shakespeare Festival|url = http://www.folger.edu/emily-jordan-folger-childrens-shakespeare-festival|website = Folger Shakespeare Library|access-date = 2016-01-12|last = kdvorak|date = 19 December 2014|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160111034204/http://www.folger.edu/emily-jordan-folger-childrens-shakespeare-festival|archive-date = 2016-01-11}}</ref> The Secondary School Shakespeare Festival, founded the following year, brings students from grades 7β12 to perform half-hour collections of Shakespeare scenes in the Folger theater.<ref name=Grant2014-196/><ref>{{cite web|title=Teach & Learn|date=28 January 2015|url=http://www.folger.edu/teach-learn|publisher=Folger.edu|access-date=30 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812073139/http://www.folger.edu/teach-learn|archive-date=12 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lily McKee High School Fellowship Program|date=15 December 2014|url=http://www.folger.edu/lily-mckee-high-school-fellowship-program|publisher=Folger.edu|access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref> ====Teaching Shakespeare Institute==== The Teaching Shakespeare Institute (TSI) is an intensive four-week summer study program for middle- and high-school teachers hosted annually by the Folger Shakespeare Library's Education Department, with funding from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]].<ref name="EJ">{{cite journal|last=O'Brien|first=Peggy|author-link=Peggy O'Brien|title=What's Past...|journal=[[English Journal]]|issn=0013-8274|date=September 2009|volume=99|issue=1|pages=29β30|jstor=40503320}}</ref><ref name="NEH50" /> TSI participants work with experts to study a small number of Shakespearean plays in terms of scholarship, performance, and the classroom. 50 teachers participated in the inaugural program in 1984,<ref name="EJ" /> but the annual number is now capped at 25.<ref name="FM">{{cite journal|last1=French|first1=Esther|title=Teaching Shakespeare Institute: Thirty Years of Teaching Teachers|journal=Folger Magazine|date=Fall 2014|url=http://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/mag2014.pdf#page=22|access-date=13 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603112930/http://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/mag2014.pdf#page=22|archive-date=3 June 2016}}</ref> By 2015, over 775 teachers had gone through the program.<ref name="NEH50">{{cite web|title=Shakespeare Lives On|url=http://50.neh.gov/projects/shakespeare-lives|website=NEH 50th Anniversary|publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)|access-date=13 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314050829/http://50.neh.gov/projects/shakespeare-lives|archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>
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