Nearly a half-century after publication, an Allen Ginsberg poem about a homosexual encounter has divided a small Connecticut town and led to the resignation of an award-winning English teacher. In ...

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 ...

Teach This Poem is a weekly resource that helps teachers add poetry to their curriculum. The project first launched in 2015 on the Academy of American Poet's website poets.org, but the idea ...

An English teacher's response to a stuttering student changed her life In high school, Susan had a stutter, ... Recite a poem in front of the whole class. "I had a mild stutter.