As the school year draws to a close, is there a teacher who has inspired you? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander says his mother was his first teacher. He learned from her that "teachers are a ...

Yorktown High School English and creative writing teacher Melanie McCabe read a selection of poems from her first book, “History of the Body,” at Westover Branch Library on Monday, Jan. 7. The ...

In his essay “How I Teach Poetry in the Schools” Jack Collom shares a student’s gem, written on the last day the poet visited the classroom: I agree whole-heartedly. This student’s insight echoes ...

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — A South Windsor teacher now faces termination hearings after he read the 1968 Allen Ginsberg poem entitled “Please Master” to his high school class. David Olio put the ...

Every year, Teacher's Day provides a sincere chance for college students to thank individuals who have had a significant impact on their academic and personal development. Whether it was a professor ...

She’s a poet — and she’s always known it. A NYC public school teacher ditched her day job to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a bard — and now writes poems for strangers on the streets of the Big ...

Kitty O'Meara's prose poem "And the people stayed home" has struck a chord with all those affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, even Deepak Chopra and Oprah are raving about it. A retired teacher, ...

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