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

Edsurge

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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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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Pixar In A Box Teaches Math Through Real Animation Challenges

MindShift

Now the company is teaming up with Khan Academy to use examples like DeRose’s discovery of surface representation to show students how the math and science they’re learning in school is applied by Pixar animators. Students liked meeting real Pixar employees and getting a sense of who they are and where they work.

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Pulling the Plug on a Personalized Learning Pilot

Edsurge

We are committed to personalized learning, but can't continue a program that does not meet the needs of all of our students.” TTO is also aligned with Common Core standards and runs on the Chromebooks that the district had invested in. A few days later, at a study session with parents on Jan.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Google Online Summit This Weekend! - Gaming in Ed - Support Free PD

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Partner Announcements Natural Math + Proof School : Math Future live online event September 3: meet founders of Proof School - for kids who REALLY love math! link] KDSL : The 2nd Annual MENA Common Core Conference will provide professional development to American curriculum schools. Please fill out a Partner Application today.

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Driving Test Score Increase with Comedy

EdNews Daily

Kalyan worked to change his curriculum to meet his students where they were: he put the grammar and math rules to raps and jokes. He was determined to find a way to build a company that could democratize test prep access. Think Khan Academy meets Saturday Night Live.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”