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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

He officially started Khan Academy in 2009 knowing that quality videos would withstand test of time. Change education reform educational technology Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Opinion' Once on YouTube, the videos took on a life of their own and were widely watched and used by teachers, parents, and students. And they do.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The Flipped Classroom". Um, they do.)

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