poetry

April 21, 2021

“Be Strong, Saith My Heart” – National Poetry Month – 40 Resources for K-12 Students

In Pioneer’s ongoing series of blogs on curricular resources for parents, families, and teachers during COVID-19, this one focuses on: Celebrating National Poetry Month.
June 20, 2019

Denying students the opportunity to study classic works of literature leads to a culture of mediocrity

This op-ed appeared in The Springfield Republican and The Lowell Sun “Arise, O prophet, see and hear, be filled with My will, go forth over land and sea, and set the hearts of men on fire with your Word.” -Alexander Pushkin, “The Prophet”...
May 9, 2016

Op-ed: Poetry teaches more than rhyme

Originally posted beginning on Apr. 23, 2016 in The MetroWest Daily News, The Milford Daily News, The Brockton Enterprise, and on Diane Ravitch’s Blog. “[T]he best words in the best order,” is how Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who authored the lyric sea ballad...
May 8, 2012

Diminished literature curriculum hinders scholarship

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120508/OPINION/205080303/-1/NEWS06 April was National Poetry Month and there’s nowhere that designation should have more meaning than in Massachusetts, where John Adams’ 1780 state constitution explicitly instructs future leaders to “cherish the interests of literature.” Every region of Massachusetts has produced great poets....