Tag Archive: Salman Khan

Reboot the School

By Kayla Webley Time Magazine, July 9, 2012    Fifth-graders at eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto, Calif., sit at their desks with netbooks. They’re in the middle of a math lesson, listening as a teacher explains how to convert percentages to decimals. “If we get rid of the percent sign, we just …

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“Shrinking Learning Time” vs. Extending it to K+12

Whether you’re for or against K+12, you may wish to watch this video up to the very end — there’s an excellent lesson to be learned! . . And while we’re here, here’s a peek into the future — something we should consider investing in instead of betting the future of our children on a …

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To MLE Advocates/Developers: An Extravagant Inspiration

Following is almost an hour’s worth of interview with Salman Khan, the man who gave up a bright and potentially rich future as a hedge fund manager to create the  free, not-for-profit Khan Academy which is featured as one of the prominent pages of this blog. To the Dina Ocampos, Aurelio Agcaoilis, Ricardo Nolascos, Ched …

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