The Future of

Education

Hip Hop Literacy Intro click below

Hip Hop Literacy is an educational culture ​that uses the power of Hip Hop culture to ​reach young people where they are and ​inspire them to envision, execute and ​embrace their future. Hip Hop Literacy ​regards Hip Hop culture as an inspired ​culture of learning wherein young people ​use the tools of Hip Hop to showcase their ​talents, develop, their skills, and become ​successful adults.

Hip Hop Literacy Blog Posts

Classroom Climate

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Hip Hop Literacy is Global

Click the link to access the Hip Hop ​Literacy composition process including the ​new feature that turns your cell phone into ​a mobile recording studio

Mobile Recording Studio

School Climate and Culture Package

The Hip Hop literacy School climate and culture packages ​creates a climate in which students feel they belong. A ​sense of belonging is one of the strongest predictors of ​school success. Through beginning of the year red carpet ​walks, morning announcement theme music, lunchroom ​dance contests, and student learning showcase premiers, ​schools are rebranded in terms that students value and ​embrace

Classroom Recording Studio and Media Lab

A classroom recording studio ​provides a space in each classroom ​that enhances the creativity and ​motivation for students to read and ​write. A classroom studio sends the ​message that students' thoughts ​and ideas are taken seriously. ​Students are inspired when they ​hear their words and ideas ​professionally rendered in digital ​sound. Once students express their ​ideas in the classroom studio, they ​cannot wait to read, write, and ​record again

Live Performances and ​Demonstrations

There is nothing like experiencing the energy and ​impact of a Hip Hop Literacy live performance and ​demonstration on a group of young people. If your ​educational organization is trying to convey the ​message of the importance of literacy to young people, ​there is no better vehicle to communicate that ​message than through Hip Hip music composed and ​performed by other young people

Press and Public Acknowledgments

Recognition by the University of Northern Iowa

Recognition from Cedar Valley Iowa

Powerful blog entry by a rural Minnesota teacher coach describing teachers

implementing Hip Hop Literacy

Hip Hop Literacy ​Publications

Hip Hop Early literacy

The 5th element: Hip hop and Knowledge

Coining Phrases for Dollars: Jayz and financial literacy

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