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

  • Written by Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Education Editor, The Conversation
How hip-hop in the classroom is raising the volume of learning: 4 essential readsHip-hop education helps students from all backgrounds learn. Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images

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.

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