Educators use hip hop to teach leadership and social justice in the classroom

Hip hop is increasingly being used as an educational tool to teach leadership and social justice. Artists and educators like ...
AZ Central

MC Lyte Joins Syracuse Educators to Bridge the Gap Between Hip-Hop Culture and STEM

SYRACUSE, NY, UNITED STATES, April 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Hip-Hop Education Center (HHEC), in partnership with the National Grid Foundation, proudly ...
The Conversation

How hip‑hop in the classroom is raising the volume of learning: 4 essential reads

Scholars trace the origin of hip-hop to a “back to school jam” that DJ Kool Herc threw in an apartment in the South Bronx in 1973. Today the music genre is one of the most popular in the U.S. In July ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Hip-hop has what schools are missing: Creative ways to enhance learning

Throughout American history, Black innovators such as Benjamin Banneker, Lewis Latimer, Madam C.J. Walker and Dr. Charles Drew helped shape scientific and industrial progress, even as the nation built ...
PBS

Racial Equity, African-Centered Learning & Hip-Hop in Edu.

Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. You've just tried to add this ...
EurekAlert!

Language learning through hip-hop music

Listeners can learn new vocabulary through hip-hop music, even though the lyrics may be difficult to understand, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. The ...