Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms group Arrives in Morocco for Two-Week Immersive Exchange

Rabat, Morocco, April 3, 2026 – Twelve American K–12 educators have touched down in Morocco as part of the 2026 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program. Welcomed by the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE) upon their arrival on March 27th, the cohort has now started a two-week program that will take them across the Kingdom before their departure on April 11th.

The Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is a year-long professional development journey that challenges American educators to move beyond the walls of their own classrooms and engage with education as a global endeavor. Participants complete an intensive online course before gathering in Washington, D.C. for in-person training, and then travel abroad for an immersive two-to-three-week experience in a partner country. Throughout the program, teacher participants develop a global education guide which they can share with their home communities.

In Morocco, the 2026 cohort is engaging with a program curated with an in-depth look into the country’s education system, its unique linguistic landscape, and the cultural richness that shapes them both. Academic sessions hosted at MACECE feature lectures by Fulbright alumni and leading Moroccan scholars covering topics such as the structure of the national education system, Morocco’s linguistic landscape, the role of Amazigh culture, the integration of artificial intelligence into schools, and the deep-rooted history of U.S.–Moroccan relations.

Beyond lectures, participants are visiting a range of institutions that embody the diversity of educational models coexisting within Morocco: from the École Normale Supérieure, where Morocco’s future teachers are trained, to Colegio Español and Rabat American School, where international curricula operate alongside the national system. This deliberate contrast invites the TGC educators to interrogate assumptions about schooling and to discover how different communities navigate language, identity, and learning within the same country.

After the opening sessions in Rabat and Casablanca, the group will disperse to host cities across the country, namely El Jadida, Marrakech, Tangier, and, for the first time in the program’s history, Laayoune. The cohort will reconvene in Casablanca for a final reflection session and farewell dinner before departing for the United States on April 11th.

“The Fulbright TGC Program embodies educational exchange at its finest. By immersing American educators in Morocco’s classrooms, culture, and communities, they are able to bring a piece of the world back to their students at home. We are proud to welcome this cohort and to deepen the ties that have defined the U.S-Morocco partnership for 250 years,”noted Dr. Rebecca Geffner, Executive Director at MACECE.

The 2026 TGC exchange unfolds at a moment of particular significance. Morocco and the United States are marking 250 years of friendship, one of the longest standing relationships in American history, while the Fulbright Program itself celebrates its 80th anniversary. Against that backdrop, the presence of 12 American teachers in Moroccan schools is a concrete expression of the conviction, shared by both nations, that lasting partnership is built not only through diplomacy and trade, but through the people who carry those ties across generations.

About MACECE:

The Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE) administers the Fulbright Program in Morocco, fostering educational exchange, mutual understanding, and people-to-people diplomacy between the United States and Morocco.

About the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program:

The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by IREX. For more information, visit

exchanges.state.gov/us/programs/teachers-global-classrooms-program

Media Contacts:

Meryem Hammam, Chief of Staff, MACECE

m.hammam@fulbright.ma