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Khan Academy Wants to Make 'Mastery Learning' Mainstream. Will Partnering With Schools Help?

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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.

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What is Khan Academy?

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Free online courses from Khan Academy aim to advance knowledge and enhance students.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. The philosophical core of Khan Academy is mastery learning. The key constraint in the classroom is time, in the school day and over the course of the school year.

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App of the Week: Khan Academy helps the brain grow

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LearnStorm is a free six-week course through Khan Academy that helps encourage growth mindset and resiliency skills for students in grades 3-12. The website begins with a teacher dashboard that introduces you to the content and allows you to add your students to the class via the Khan Academy interface.

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8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions

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The app offers tailored courses that break down intricate fraction-related concepts into understandable fragments. Interactive Learning on Khan Academy Kids Designed especially for young learners, Khan Academy Kids captivates kids’ minds with interactive and educational math content.

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Expanding into Early Childhood Is Good for Edtech Companies. Is It Good for Kids?

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Tailoring to Tykes Outschool CEO Amir Nathoo says that his company planned to serve children from ages 5 to 18 when it launched in 2015, through its online courses covering both academic and niche subjects. The nonprofit Khan Academy launched its own early learning app, called Khan Academy Kids, back in 2018.

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

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Khan Academy is another highly popular learning app that features video tutorials to drive home classroom studies. Khan Academy videos feature teachers describing their lessons in drawings on virtual blackboards, helping students and visual learning centers bring home maximum results.