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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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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

Khan is the creator of Khan Academy. He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. The catalyst for Khan Academy began some years ago with a Yahoo doodle Sal developed to help a family member with her struggles in math.

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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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Khan Academy: How to Change Your Role From Learner to Teacher

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Are you struggling with How to Change Your Role From Learner to Teacher in Khan Academy? The post Khan Academy: How to Change Your Role From Learner to Teacher appeared first on Teacher Tech. I had my account set up as a student but needed to assign to my students.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

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Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. Published with permission.

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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. And Khan Academy will hopefully be right there with them.

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Khan Academy, DreamBox Learning CEOs Share Ed-Tech Future Predictions

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The post Khan Academy, DreamBox Learning CEOs Share Ed-Tech Future Predictions appeared first on Market Brief. As we start a new decade, EdWeek Market Brief checked in with two ed-tech CEOs to learn what they think the future holds for the industry as it serves K-12 schools.