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Educational Rap Malcolm A. Kline, December 17, 2009 When storied public school teacher Marva Collins noticed three decades ago that inner city school children could memorize song lyrics but not Shakespeare, she challenged them to digest the latter. A new educational fad takes a different approach. “Flocabulary (www.flocabulary.com) is a Brooklyn-based publisher of educational rap and hip hop that is being used in lower socioeconomic school systems across the country and producing incredible results,” the group’s representative, Anna Richardson of Sunshine Sachs, claims. “The Education Research Institute of America (ERIA) just completed a study that proves Flocabulary’s efficacy in the...

The FBI released sketches of two people seen near places Brian Wells was supposed to go after robbing the bank. (CNN) --The FBI said Monday the pizza deliveryman who robbed an Erie, Pennsylvania, bank with a bomb locked around his neck probably was not acting alone -- but it was unclear whether he was involved in the plot or was its victim. Brian Douglas Wells, 46, died August 28 when the bomb exploded shortly after police stopped him following the bank robbery. Investigators have found no evidence to support the scenario that Wells acted alone in carrying out the robbery,...