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 ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is hosting a nationwide rap contest through the popular Flocabulary platform. As a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...