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MARCH 26, 2012

This morning, the May issue of Wired Magazine landed on my doormat, and what did I see inside? The Khan Academy videos have been hailed as a departure from 'boring old lectures', and I suppose the same could be said for the TED series of videos. Does anyone know, or is the term being misused or misrepresented?

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APRIL 24, 2020

Take Anthony Levandowski, the creator of a self-driving car program and a religion that worships AI, for example: "The only thing that matters is the future," he told a reporter from The New Yorker. Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020).

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JUNE 21, 2020

They couldn't roll around the classroom and hand out report cards. And I always think about that New York Times interview with Sal Khan, where he said that "The science fiction books I like tend to relate to what we're doing at Khan Academy, like Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game' series."

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .” Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Westworld : “ Adams State ’s ‘Egregious, Unethical’ Online Program Should Be Scrapped, Report Says.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Accidental Gunshot Is Reported on Texas Campus That Now Allows Firearms.” ” The company in question: edX. ” Clowns. ” But hey.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.” Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO.

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MAY 19, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “ Betsy DeVos was asked to address education reporters at their annual convention. ” Via The Washington Post : “Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. ” asks The New York Times Magazine. She said no.” school lottery.”

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JUNE 8, 2018

” Elsewhere in North Carolina , Dana Goldstein reports for The NYT on “What Budget Cuts Mean for Third Graders in a Rural School.” Via The Hechinger Report (and related to a lot of the goings-on in the local education news section above): “ How one test kept New York City high schools segregated.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

On his first full day in office, the President used a speech at CIA headquarters to call journalists “among the most dishonest human beings on earth,” chastising the media for reports that there had been low turnout at his inauguration. ” Their reporting should not be trusted. Trump claimed that 1.5 Who Do We Trust?

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