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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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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy.

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Khan Academy redux

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

The last thing I expected to encounter this week was a resurgence in the Khan Academy Debates of this past summer. But honestly, I hadn’t thought much about Khan Academy since then — until Monday afternoon. I picked this one today for a reason; go to the end to find out.

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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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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

Edsurge

In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. They were the outliers, those willing to open up their classrooms to try new things. The philosophical core of Khan Academy is mastery learning. Fast forward to 2019.

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5 Tech Tools for Math Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

I think this will better reflect what’s going on today in our classrooms: It can be difficult to teach math, but with the proper tools, it can often be made easier. Give ByteLearn a try in your classroom today! 2 Khan Academy. This makes Khan Academy perfect for students who need extra help in math or science.

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Using edtech to bring edutainment in the classroom

Neo LMS

I must confess I used to be addicted to Crash Course and Khan Academy. Read more: 5 Benefits of including VR in classroom activities. Bring them into the classroom and use them to boost engagement and performance! Read more: Gamification in the classroom: small changes and big results [Infographic].

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