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 ...

Frank is a social media journalist for the CDW family of technology magazine websites. Flocabulary was innovating with educational online videos long before they became an established part of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A catchy beat raps out the tragic tale of Melvin, a young man who decides to finance a pricy pair of Super Bowl seats for himself and his ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – There’s a local teacher that uses a unique tool that has kids excited to go to school. He’s teaching his students that it’s okay to get our of your seat, as long as they’re ...

Nearpod is a comprehensive student engagement platform that enables 100% student participation in K-12 classrooms. Guido Kovalskys founded the company in 2012 alongside two lifelong friends and fellow ...