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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

SCHOOLHOUSE RAP: Think Schoolhouse Rock but with fresher beats—and on your phone. Flocabulary, the website that brings educational hip-hop videos to the masses, is launching its mobile app this week, ...

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 ...

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 ...