Arizona State Press

ASU professor Rosemarie Dombrowski takes poetry outside of the classroom

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 ...
WBUR

Poetry Belongs In The Classroom. Now More Than Ever

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 ...
The Boston Globe

When the classroom rang with poetry

Once upon a time, almost all American schoolchildren memorized and recited poetry in the course of their education. It’s easy to look back wistfully at an age where everyone carried a bit of ...
PBS

National Poetry Day: How this program brings happiness to troubled teens

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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Poetry on the rise at slams, in the classroom, on the street

“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 ...
MLive

Poetry writing about Flint murals allows for ‘creative freedom’ in this high school classroom

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 ...
The Daily Telegraph

Classroom poetry recitals to be revived

Thousands of schoolchildren are to compete in a new competition that aims to revive the tradition of reciting poetry by heart. Every child aged between seven and 11 will be invited to stand before ...