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Two New England Outfits Use Hip-Hop to Help Kids Reach The Head of The Class

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A new educational method gaining ground around the country and based in New England involves an unusual combination of mnemonics and music: educational rap.

There are as many ways to memorize the 44 heads of state as there are students who have ever taken an American history class. But a new method gaining ground around the country and based in New England involves an unusual combination of mnemonics and music: educational rap.

Two separate but similar companies, Rhythm, Rhyme and Results (or Triple R), based in Cambridge, and Smart Songs, based in Providence, R.I., produce hip-hop and rap music with lyrics that focus on school subjects such as science and social studies.

Both Triple R and Smart Songs recently released updated versions of their songs to include the election and inauguration of President Barack Obama, and are hoping to use the momentum to establish educational rap as a teaching tool that is not only novel and fun, but also useful.

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