In 2017, poet Sarah Holbrook was excited to learn that two of her poems were chosen to appear on the 7th and 8th grade Texas state standardized test. On a lark, Holbrook tried answering the ...

To reinvigorate the poetry scene on ASU's downtown campus, Rosemarie Dombrowski, an English professor, has opted to take learning outside of the classroom. She teaches an intermediate poetry class ...

Editor’s Note: Beyond the Classroom is a new series that highlights unique, local educators, who through their own experiences, passions and ingenuities, seek to teach and inspire others. Willow Grove ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – When Jacob Keys, a 17-year-old senior at Carman-Ainsworth High School, saw the “Inspire” mural on the outskirts of downtown Flint, it reminded him of his childhood. The mural ...

(This is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) Georgia Heard, Leah B. Michaels, Michael Silverstone, and Keisha Rembert shared their idea’s in Part Two.

“Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up! Bring ’em up!” shouts the crowd at the AvantGarden in Montrose. Although it may seem like a loud rap or hip-hop concert, under the back patio’s twinkle of firelights and ...

If you don’t like poetry, maybe you’ve been reading it wrong. So says Don Bialostosky. In his new book, the University of Pittsburgh literature professor contends that the reason more people don’t ...

Editor’s note: We updated this lesson for National Poetry Day. It’s about U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s visit to a unique Seattle program a few years ago. A unique program in Seattle teaches ...

Wahpeton High School speech students recently took their poetry recitations beyond the classroom, performing at Dakota Coffee ...