Bailey Bystry, a Glen Ellyn resident and sixth-grade student at Hadley Junior High School, earned a spot as a finalist in the River of Words Environmental Poetry & Art Contest -- the largest youth ...

Eunice Akoth grew up in one of the largest slums in Kenya, but her goals and aspirations have enabled her to use her story to empower her peers, according to Upworthy. “Most of the kids in Kibera ...

Vieja Valley Elementary teacher David Nelson said that writing poems with his 6th-grade class this year was unexpectedly therapeutic amid the pandemic rules. He followed Amanda Gorman’s footsteps — ...

Riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna knows best friends rule: "You're the queen of my world. When [you] talk, I hear the revolution coming!" Makena Odjick, a sixth grader from Massena, says that's what ...