Flocabulary Cofounders, Blake Harrison and Alex Rappaport, in the Brooklyn offices Until the end of March, schools can sign up for a free 90 day trial of Flocabulary, the edtech program that uses hip ...
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – This year’s star-studded Super Bowl halftime show featured some of the top names in the hip hop music industry – an industry that has evolved to become the biggest ...
Every teacher tussles with what's the best way to reach a kid – to have them digest and remember what they're learning. Even parents struggle with that. One New York City-based company had a wild idea ...
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- The neighborhood near Mount Hood in Santa Rosa is a quiet area where you can usually hear birds singing in the distance. But lately, you can also hear a different kind of ...
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When y=mx+b, b is the y-intercept, you’ll see. M is the slope, the rise over run. They’ll wait until we stop, but that day will never come. That’s a line from “ Linear Equations,” from Flocabulary, a ...
SCHOOLHOUSE RAP: Think Schoolhouse Rock but with fresher beats—and on your phone. Flocabulary, the website that brings educational hip-hop videos to the masses, is launching its mobile app this week, ...
Most sixth-graders don’t know the word “nefarious” – but Denzel Bernard does. “It means wicked,” explained Bernard, an 11-year-old at Intermediate School 77 in Ridgewood, Queens. Bernard learned the ...
Alex Rappaport, the founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based Flocabulary, an educational program that specializes in teaching K-12 students core subjects using hip-hop songs, takes the No. 15 spot on Fast ...