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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of education and entrepreneurship. Nearpod is a comprehensive student engagement platform that enables ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flocabulary, which makes educational hip hop videos, has bootstrapped for 12 years. It’s been profitable since 2008 and earned $5.6 million in revenue in 2015. So why did CEO Alex Rappaport sign a ...

Nearpod is trying to get kids more engaged in learning through technologies such as virtual reality. And today the Laurene Powell Jobs-backed company is acquiring Flocabulary, a maker of a student ...

Sulphur Springs Community School fifth grade teacher Ken Newton introduces the "Kindness Rap Battle" on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An educational program used for at-risk students in the Oklahoma City Public School District is drawing criticism over content. Now top school district officials said funding for the ...