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 ...

Robert Bruno is the school board president in Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41. He's written the following poem in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, running May 4-8.

As part of teacher appreciation month, Morning Edition asked NPR's audience to write a poem about teachers who have had an impact on their lives. We put out this call a week before the mass shooting ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite ways to teach poetry? After publishing 56—yes, count ‘em, 56—posts, videos, infographics, and podcasts over the past two months providing ...

The word ‘poetry’ is from the Greek term poiesis, which means ‘making’. Regardless of our race, gender, socio-economic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GLEN ELLYN, IL — Teacher Appreciation week kicks off May 4, but things are very different for teachers across Illinois due to the ...

In this lesson, high school students write ‘I am’ poems in their home language and then translate them into English, building ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite ways to teach poetry? April is National Poetry Month. Poetry lessons can be great learning opportunities and big hits with students—whether they ...