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

Edsurge

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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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. I talked about mastery learning a lot back then. In 2015, a major report from the research nonprofit RAND found that personalized learning works, confirming many of our hopes.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

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.”.

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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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Remote Learning Teaching Tips

A Principal's Reflections

Use a URL shortener to make links easily accessible in a slide presentation or push out using a Learning Management System (i.e., Leverage an adaptive learning tool if your school or district has purchased a license. If not, consider this PreK – 12 resource from Khan Academy or some tools highlighted HERE.

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5 of The Best Homeschool Programs in 2023

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this article, I discuss five of the best homeschool programs - Khan Academy, Time4Learning, Stride K12, edX and CK-12 - their features, how much they cost and provide some tips to help you decide which program is best for your child. Khan Academy (Grades K-12) Khan Academy is one of the best free homeschool programs out there.

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How edtech strengthens parental engagement in online learning

Neo LMS

While the student goes through the formal steps within the system — from kindergarten to primary school to secondary school and so on — parents are an important part of the big picture. Current distance learning settings have made this crystal clear. Learning Management Systems. Let’s explore them!