For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose “One Today” poem was read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration ...

Haiku can serve as a catalyst for discussion and creativity as students work together to create their own poems.

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrated across the U.S. and Canada, the observance spreads appreciation and awareness for ...

Poets range from Rudyard Kipling, Walter de la Mare and Lewis Carroll to Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen and Spike Milligan.

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a poem could do…,” how poetry changes our brains, and what you might get out ...

We sit down with Lucas Jones to discuss creative expression, confrontational art, and humanity's capacity for change.

She told the Worcester Evening Gazette that she wrote the original 10 verses of the poem between 1957 and 1967, during her time as a teacher at the Ruggles Lane School in Barre, as a way to teach ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Christmas poems to put you in a festive mood Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, ...

It’s one of the most iconic school traditions—but the real reason we give apples to teachers is surprisingly unclear. From folklore to practical history, the story behind this sweet gesture is ...

Two teachers at a tiny private Christian school in Georgia are charged with sexually abusing the same student — and more teachers may be involved, according to the accuser’s lawyer.

As a kindergarten teacher, Julia thought it would be sweet for the entire kindergarten class to help decorate her wedding table centerpieces. All 88 students participated, writing their definition ...

Where do poems come from? After my school assembly programs, I like to allow time for students and teachers to ask questions ... I thought about that sweet midnight serenade and how it sounded ...