Center for Educators & Schools
The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools (CES) is devoted to making all of the Library’s resources accessible and useful for educators. You’ll find programs and services tailored for the educator community, such as book lists, credit-bearing workshops, special access to exhibitions, tips on teaching with primary source materials from our vast research collections, and much more.
Our Mission
The Center for Educators and Schools uses The New York Public Library's resources and collections to ignite curiosity, joy, and a passion for learning within educators, students, and school communities.
Attend Events & Workshops for Educators
Build skills with your community and discover opportunities to learn from industry experts. Join the Center for Educators and Schools for a wide range of programs for educators and librarians, including credit-bearing professional development workshops, author talks, and film screenings.
Living History: Teaching About Emancipation, Celebration, and Black Joy
Tues, May 21 | 4 PM
Reading Rebellion: Defying Censorship in Children’s Picture Books
Thurs, June 6 | 8 AM–4 PM
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Explore upcoming CES programming!
Watch! In Defense of Teaching Black Studies: Reading, Writing & Justice
Revisit our conversation with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law.
Teach with NYPL's Primary Sources
Discover curricular materials that leverage the Library’s collections, along with model questions and activities for your students. Plus, find a wide array of guides that explore various themes and can be easily integrated into your teaching.
To Make Public Our Joy: Black New Yorkers Commemorating Emancipation, 1808–1865
Explore To Make Public Our Joy: Black New Yorkers Commemorating Emancipation, 1808–1865, our new curriculum guide featuring materials from the world-renowned collections at The New York Public Library, designed to help teachers support students in grades 7–12.
Download the complete guide and discover additional Library resources and multilingual primary source documents to support and share with students in your classroom.
Expand Your Classroom Collection & More
Discover book sets available for checkout, instructional materials, and book lists curated by our expert staff for students, teachers, librarians, and homeschooling parents.
Plan Branch Visits, Classroom Workshops & Field Trips
Introduce your students to the Library by arranging a visit to an NYPL branch, inviting a librarian to run a classroom workshop, or viewing highlights from our collections in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures with your students.
Local Branch Visit
Visit an NYPL branch with your students.
Classroom Visit
Invite a librarian to run a classroom workshop.
Exhibition Field Trip
Book a free guided tour to view our exhibitions.
Discover Book Lists, Teaching Tips & More
Recommendations from NYPL Staff
Find tips on using primary source materials from our collections in the classroom, recent book picks, and other resources for teachers at NYPL.
Apply for Fellowship Opportunities
Learn About NYPL's Fellowships & Institutes
Find opportunities at NYPL, including the Schomburg Center and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Sign Up for the CES Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter to get monthly updates on our progress, including upcoming fellowship opportunities, a podcast, and everything in between.
This work is part of the Library’s overall commitment to our branch patrons and education programs, led by the Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Director of The New York Public Library. Major support for educational programming is provided by Merryl H. and James S. Tisch.
The Center for Educators and Schools is supported in part by a generous grant from the Hearst Foundations.
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