Smithsonian Voices

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In Conversation with 2024 National Teacher of the Year, Missy Testerman

Meet the Tennessee educator ensuring a sense of belonging in her classroom and supporting newcomer immigrant students and their families in her rural Appalachian community

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Learning Alongside the Smithsonian for the Hundredth Day of School

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Heritage, Science, and Culture Take Center Stage with Discovery Theater Performances for Students

A group of students wait in line at a Post Office. Each student has a stamped envelope they are handing to the postal worker behind the counter.

Field Trips at the National Postal Museum Deepen Student Learning and Connections

Whale swimming in the water with a tear on the side of its body.

Saving Whales with Computational Thinking

Playbill for "A Raisin in the Sun" with a black and white photo of playwright Lorraine Hansberry

Ten Education Resources to Explore this Women’s History Month

Activities that give young children the opportunity to build meaningful, personal connections with animals can be the spark for a lifelong love of wildlife and cultivate a lasting conservation ethic.

Using Empathy for Animals to Engage Young Children in Early Engineering Education

The Smithsonian's Under Secretary for Education welcomes teachers and students back to a new school year and highlights the ways the Smithsonian plans to build and enrich a national culture of learning. (Getty Images)

Back to School With the Smithsonian

Through co-creation efforts with K-12 educators and Asian American community partners, the National Veterans Network, elementary and middle school educators, Asian Pacific American Center interns and National Museum of American History staff, learn more about the stories behind objects. (Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center)

What's Missing from Classrooms When Asian American and Pacific Islander Voices Aren't Included?

When the 2020-2021 school year started, 39 of the nation’s 50 largest school systems were among those that chose a distance learning instructional model. (ake1150sb/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Learning Science at Home

Middle school students learning with educational resources on American Indian removal produced by the National Museum of the American Indian. (Alex Jamison)

Transforming Teaching and Learning About Native Americans

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