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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

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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.

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Kaleidoscope Raises $3 Million Series A to Match Students to Scholarships

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To manage these tasks, the foundation contracted with a company called Kaleidoscope , a Minneapolis-based provider of a platform that connects companies, foundations and high-net-worth individuals offering scholarships and grants to students seeking financial aid. Loans are an outdated ineffective solution,” says Dehn, 44.

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Alan November on the '$1000 Pencil' and Why Edtech Companies Aren’t Pushing the Envelope

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Hence, EdSurge decided to enter back into that conversation with November, this time in a Q&A covering his thoughts on the “$1000 pencil,” whether Khan Academy is or is not pushing the envelope, and how any change in the classroom has to start with the teacher. There still seems to be a big demand for that.

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Pulling the Plug on a Personalized Learning Pilot

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It was about this time last year, in January 2016, when Rudolph was working on a strategic plan that he hoped could address the needs of all MVWSD students. We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.” That's one of the hallmarks on our community.”

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Want to Teach Kids to Code? honorCode CEO Explains Why You Should Focus on Teachers First

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The thing that is really special about our teacher PD program is that we meet them where their content is. Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of online “learn how to code” tools, from Code.org to Khan Academy. We actually use some of the platform from Khan Academy, and we also use a website called.

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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

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“I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says. It groups teachers and other professionals like counselors for weekly meetings where they compare notes and make plans to help students in trouble. “Our learners have agency.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It restitution check.”