Flocabulary, Llc

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Flocabulary is a small educational publishing company with a strong commitment to making a positive social impact. Since 2005, Flocabulary has been creating original hip-hop music and standards-based curricular materials to teach academic content for grades 3-12. Flocabulary programs are proven to increase student motivation and achievement and are currently being used in over 10,000 schools nationwide. Blake Harrison, Founder, Creative Director Blake Harrison graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 with a degree in English. In 2004, after working as a math and writing tutor in Boston and Berkeley, Blake co-founded Flocabulary. Since then he has worked closely with a talented array of hip-hop artists and educators to create award-winning educational programs. Since The Week in Rap debuted in 2008, Blake has written songs for a weekly audience of 6 million students. Touring with Flocabulary, he has performed for thousands of fans across the United States on stages large and small. Blake has been honored for his contributions to the borough of Brooklyn by Borough President Marty Markowitz, and has been the keynote speaker at teacher conferences and high school graduations. Alex Rappaport, Founder, CEO Alex Rappaport has been running the business end of Flocabulary since 2004, when he founded the company in San Francisco, CA. Since then, he has built the company into a successful publisher of multimedia educational tools. He has also been the executive producer for Flocabulary's nine full-length CD releases and has contributed much of the music for those projects. Influenced by artists from Debussy to De La Soul, Alex has made a signature of fusing distinct musical styles into his beats. Before founding Flocabulary, Alex had seen the music industry from many angles, having worked as a film composer, music supervisor and recording engineer. He has performed on worldwide stages including The Fillmore, Portsmouth Music Hall, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Kennedy Center. He was also honored to be a business fellow at Columbia Business School and NYU Stern, where he participated in the 2006 InSITE consultant program. Alex Rappaport holds a degree in Music from Tufts University and currently lives in Brooklyn.

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