Steve Maack Courtesy photo A few years ago, Steve Maack, an English teacher at East High School in Wichita, stuck several magnetic poetry sets ... poignant or fun. Sometimes it’s a line ...

Here, he shares strategies for putting the power of poetry in students’ hands. And, as with everything that Alexander does, he makes it “fun and ... work well with high school students.

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- The state finals of the "Poetry Out Loud" national recitation competition for high school students took ... coordinating activities in twelve southern counties.

It happened when Samantha Catalfamo, an 11-year-old from Barrington who typically is not very expressive verbally revealed a piece of impromptu poetry ... school students on how to have fun ...

DENVER — Eighteen high ... fun to be the first person from my school to do it." Director of Colorado Creative Industries Josh Blanchard emphasized the program's educational benefits beyond ...

It happened when Samantha Catalfamo, an 11-year-old from Barrington who typically is not very expressive verbally revealed a piece of impromptu poetry ... school students on how to have fun ...

“We joined the poetry program because we wanted more exposure for hearing people, actually,” Robertson said. “We wanted them to see what we can do.” Of the 11 high school students from ...

"It really blew my mind in the best way because of the wordplay and the sense of fun ... "Poetry is hard. Poetry is about rules. Poetry is stressful because when you read a poem in school ...

Burgess is an award-winning author and poetry ... school, you're supposed to solve a riddle or say the most intelligent thing." But, he wants everyone to know, this is not true! Poetry can be fun.