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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DALLAS (KDAF) — Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is hosting a nationwide rap contest through the popular Flocabulary platform. The Flocabulary Student Voice Rap Contest ...

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 ...

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 ...