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 ...

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 ...

Educators, school districts, even parents are flocking to Flocabulary and here’s what puts it in a class of its own: Flocabulary creates educational hip-hop videos to teach science, math, social ...

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 ...

When each year’s graduating students take the stage to grab their high school diplomas, it’s a fun and sometimes bittersweet exercise to look back at the events that defined their lives. Thanks to ...

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Samantha Kane, 13, likes to listen to her iPod in shuffle mode. She has tracks by Usher, Michelle Branch and Jay-Z sandwiched in between Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and Metallica’s “Nothing ...