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UW puts hip-hop in the classroom

How about comparing Charles Dickens with Mos Def?

Madison area teachers may doubt it can be done. But they can learn the technique at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a new summer program that demonstrates hip-hop in the classroom.

The UW’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives will team up with Urban Word NYC and the Hip-Hop Association to instruct community leaders and teachers on the dynamics of using spoken word and hip-hop in the classroom.