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 ...

Tavia Wade is a mom to 5-year-old twin girls and a 17-month old Tavia Wade Tavia Wade anxiously anticipated the day she would drop off her 5-year-old twins for their first day of kindergarten.

Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry ...

A poem by Collinsville High School senior Alyssa Simpson (left) about teacher Darrin Neuber (right) was selected by Barnes & Noble Booksellers as the local winner in their “My Favorite Teacher” ...

Edwardsville English teacher Kirk Schlueter joins the likes of fellow poets Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell with his newest ...

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, ...

An anti-Semitic poem read by a controversial Negro teacher on a public subscription radio station broadcast last month is the newest element in the ongoing struggle between the New York City teachers’ ...

As the school year draws to a close, is there a teacher who has inspired you? Share with us a poem showing your appreciation for educators who... In Appreciation of Teachers: Share a poem As the ...