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Highlights
- Through stories about the rapper who founded the first hip-hop school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there, Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 delves into how hip-hop can lead to a remix in the way we think of teaching and school design.
- About the Author: Sam Steinberg Seidel is adjunct professor and director of K12 Strategy + Research at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University.
- 200 Pages
- Education, Educational Policy & Reform
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About the Book
Through stories about the rapper who founded the first hip-hop school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there, Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 delves into how hip-hop can lead to a remix in the way we think of teaching and school design. This new edition includes updates to every...Book Synopsis
Through stories about the rapper who founded the first hip-hop school and the aspiring artists currently enrolled there, Hip-Hop Genius 2.0 delves into how hip-hop can lead to a remix in the way we think of teaching and school design. This new edition includes updates to every chapter and new forewords from Gloria Ladson-Billings and D Smoke.
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Get the book... [David 'TC' Ellis has] done his job with his school... Anything he's doing is worth being read about... He turned his life around and went on and did something and he's still doing it.(Previous edition praise)
Hip Hop Genius is a powerful and necessary work. Through his beautifully written account of the High School for Recording Arts, Samuel Seidel offers real-world texture and nuance to the field of hip-hop-based education. Unlike many books in the field, Hip Hop Genius doesn't force us to choose between theory and practice, or pragmatism and hope. This book is a sorely needed reminder of what is possible when we release our imaginations and mine the genius that inside of all of our children. (Previous edition praise)
This book is a gift. For those frustrated with current trends in education reform, Hip Hop Genius can offer some much-needed inspiration. For hip-hop educators, this book can suggest new and exciting avenues for innovation. And for arts educators, this book and the work it features suggest a different way to think about the space where art meets school reform. (Previous edition praise)
About the Author
Sam Steinberg Seidel is adjunct professor and director of K12 Strategy + Research at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. Tony Simmons is the executive director of the High School for Recording Arts and co-founder and co-director of the New School Creation Fellowship and Center for Love and Justice at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education. Michael Lipset is director of social impact at the High School for Recording Arts, a course lecturer at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, a Research Associate at the Center for Policy Design, and an avid podcast producer/host.
