Edsurge
DECEMBER 1, 2021
A big idea driving Khan Academy is a belief in “mastery learning”—that students should show proficiency in one set of materials before moving on to the next. The nonprofit’s latest push to make mastery learning mainstream involves partnering with school districts who adopt Khan Academy’s materials and platform.
eSchool News
AUGUST 8, 2022
As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for its first post-pandemic school year, the results of a new Khan Academy survey of teachers offers hope for a brighter future and, at the same time, reaffirms education’s deep commitment to staying laser-focused on recovery. We wholeheartedly agree.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 22, 2019
Learning is personalized, based on school standards. In fact, in so many ways, it brings common sense back to education. Success in an MBL program is defined by the achievement of competencies , not intangible performance measures or student-to-student comparisons. Educational applications. What is MBL.
Edsurge
JULY 16, 2019
Ten years ago, Sal Khan set out to change that with his Khan Academy videos, which let kids replay lessons as many times as they want. Here in education, Khan doesn’t need much introduction. EdSurge: The theme of the conference is reimagining education. What does that mean to you? Even with our SAT prep.
Edsurge
JULY 13, 2016
But what has been left unsaid is how our current system of education works systematically against instilling these skills in students, and how we could naturally embed the development of grit in students—in a way that doesn’t talk explicitly about grit—by moving to a competency-based learning system.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 3, 2017
A kid who does not do their homework normally will not watch the lectures at home even if you hold them accountable,” educator Chris Aviles has written in a screed against the model’s hype. But to hear Khan tell it, that association was little more than a coincidence of timing. Think of flipped as the operating system of education.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Beginning that very first year in my Algebra classroom, I've strived to make it easier for educators to design their own curriculum. competency-based (a.k.a. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification.
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