Poetry in America is pleased to offer for-credit course opportunities to high school students across the country and around the world. Designed to provide all high schools access to the highest quality instruction at a low cost, Poetry in America courses combine the flexibility of distance learning with a rigorous academic experience–all within a framework that supports and empowers local learning communities.
Motivated high school students looking to experience college-level work–and to earn low-cost undergraduate credit–can enroll in a Poetry in America course through one of our university partners: Arizona State University or the Harvard Division of Continuing Education.
By enrolling in a Poetry in America course, students will learn:
Additionally, students will gain exposure to college norms, and they will develop soft skills like the following:
Arizona State University Learning Enterprise began offering Poetry in America courses for high school students in Fall 2020.
Title I schools can enroll groups of students in the Poetry in America for High Schools program, offered in partnership with the National Education Equity Lab. This model includes extra support from the Poetry in America team and requires a classroom Co-Teacher to facilitate the learning experience for students on the ground.
LEARN MORE: TITLE I SCHOOL GROUP ENROLLMENT
Other school and educational partners can enroll groups of students in Poetry in America Universal Learner Courses at ASU Learning Enterprise. These offerings are also open to individual high-school-aged learners (i.e., those enrolling on their own, rather than as part of a school group).
LEARN MORE: UNIVERSAL LEARNER COURSES AT ASU
Anyone age 16 or older can enroll in courses at the Harvard Extension School and the Harvard Summer School. Group enrollment is not available at this time.
Poetry in America has produced a variety of resources suitable for use with students in grades 6-12. Along with Amplify Education, we created a set of lessons to help get middle-schoolers (and their teachers!) truly excited about poetry. And, in partnership with PBS LearningMedia, we offer a companion curriculum for Season One of our public television series. Click the button below to learn more.
Learn about our Resources for Teachers
ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
ASU Prep Digital is a college prep option where online high school and university courses converge in a unique learning opportunity for all students. This accredited, rigorous virtual school program prepares students for college acceptance and encourages them to start earning credit toward college majors and careers in an increasingly interconnected environment. ASU is advancing next-generation education models that transcend the traditional boundaries between “high school” and “college” and eliminate the barriers based on location, modality, background, and income so that all learners can thrive.
The National Education Equity Lab is a nonprofit, working with Harvard University, Arizona State University, the Common Application and other major institutions, that aims to advance economic and social mobility for low income students at scale.
We are delivering a scalable, “College-in-High School” model to historically under-served students in their high school classroom, at no cost to the students. College-credit bearing courses from top universities are co-taught with a classroom teacher and include a research-informed pipeline of built-in supports to maximize student success.
The Harvard Division of Continuing Education offers open-enrollment courses, degrees and certificates, and professional development programs.
Driven by the goals and values of its flagship project, Poetry in America, Verse Video Education develops video and accompanying curricular materials in the arts and humanities and beyond, creating a body of educational content capable of reaching a very broad community of learners: formal and informal, online and residential, young and old, American and international. By producing its own projects and creating thoughtfully-constructed and thought-provoking multimedia content for other organizations, Verse Video Education aims to enhance educational experiences, both within and outside of the classroom.
