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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Flocabulary Student Voice Rap Contest is a project-based learning opportunity designed to support core literacy skill development. Through the initiative, K–12 educators help students research, ...

Now explain to students that they are going to watch a short video, Flocabulary's "18 Years in Rap" , that is going to mention important events that took place from 1996-2014. Ask them to listen to ...