IN THE NEWS: Poetry in America for High-Schoolers
See below for press related to Poetry in America’s programming for high-schoolers.
Feature in The New York Times
On Friday, The New York Times highlighted the work we’ve been doing with our partners at the National Educational Equity Lab in a front-page article by Erica L. Green, “A Program Inspires Ivy League Dreams in Disadvantaged Teens.”
Feature in Harvard Magazine
In Fall 2019, Poetry in America, in partnership with the National Education Equity Lab and the Harvard Extension School, offered a for-credit course to high-schoolers in Title I schools across the United States. Read this feature in Harvard Magazine by Lydialyle Gibson to learn more about the pilot run of Harvard’s first-ever dual enrollment offering (from the March-April 2020 issue).
Feature by The Common App
The National Education Equity Lab celebrated the success of Pilot participants at Jazz at Lincoln Center back in February. Read this piece from The Common App (from February 5, 2020).
Feature in The Harvard Crimson
During the Fall 2019 semester, The Harvard Crimson ran a feature on the Poetry in America National Pilot. Click below to read their coverage (from October 31, 2019).
Local News Features
Opelousas, Louisiana
KATC News in Opelousas, Louisiana, interviewed students and school administrators at Opelousas High School about their participation in the Poetry in America National Pilot. Click below for their coverage (from September 19, 2019).
Pontiac, Michigan
Students at Pontiac’s International Technology Academy (in Pontiac, Michigan) were early participants in Poetry in America’s programming for high-schoolers. Pontiac ITA students first enrolled in a Poetry in America course in Spring 2019; ITA students also participated in the Fall 2019 Pilot. Click below to read a feature by The Oakland Press (from May 13, 2019).
Feature in The Harvard Gazette
Poetry in America Founder and Director Elisa New and Harvard University President Larry Bacow visited Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, California–one of Poetry in America’s very first educational partners–in the winter of 2018. Students from HSHMC have earned low-cost college credit by enrolling in Poetry in America courses for the last several years. Click the link below to read about the students’ experience with Poetry in America, and about President Bacow’s visit to their campus (from December 16, 2018).