Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2021
Sal Khan has been as busy as ever. Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic.
Edsurge
JUNE 17, 2019
School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. Its parent company, 3P Learning, promises to price-match on districts’ most recent TenMarks contract.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 23, 2020
Since 2009, Omidyar Network has invested $200 million in 100 educational for-profit and nonprofit organizations, according to Klement. They include Andela, Khan Academy and Code.org. In the future, Klement says she’d like to invest in more companies and organizations bringing social emotional learning to emerging markets.
Edsurge
JUNE 14, 2018
But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The 10 groups presenting Wednesday were the accelerator’s second cohort, and 14 companies have gone through the program so far.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 5, 2018
You know, if I taught math, I’d be harvesting videos from the Khan Academy or places like that, rather than creating my own. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. And the other thing is. A lot of teachers….
Digital Promise
JANUARY 19, 2016
In one survey, a large majority (80 percent) of math teachers reported that free instructional content from Khan Academy helped them challenge their most advanced students, and a smaller but still significant majority (66 percent) reported that it gave them extra capacity to help their most struggling students make the gains they needed.
Hack Education
MAY 6, 2020
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," as Rahm Emanuel, then President Obama's chief of staff, said in 2009 as the world teetered on the brink of recession. So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." 150,000 a year to lease coaxial cables from Bell Telephone Company, for example.
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