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$2 million for Khan Academy is one of the best investments for improving education ever made.
by jonbischke 16y ago
$2 million for Khan Academy is one of the best investments for improving education ever made.
- orblivion 16y agoI'm surprised this never occurred to me. K-12 education is mostly the same stuff every year, and it's not that sophisticated. You'd pretty much only have to compile it once. I'm surprised nobody in the free software or creative commons movements thought of it.
- jfager 16y agoThere's a huge interest in education material in the free software and creative commons movements. The idea of putting free education material on the web isn't new at all, and there's tons of material available out there (and has been for quite a while). Khan Academy stands out because it's just really, really, really (really) good.
- ghshephard 16y agoIt's a great investment for two (2) reasons. First, I'm sure the money will be useful, but, perhaps more importantly, the fact that KhanAcademy was narrowed down from 150K -> 16 -> 5 ideas brings a well deserved sense of accomplishment to everything that Salman Khan has been doing. I've got about 200 of his videos on my iPad, and I'm religious about absolutely absorbing and practicing stuff from them every day. 100% of my friends who have _any_ difficulty with Math, instantly are introduced to Khan Academy by me. Even Bill Gates has been using Khan Academy with his children and envies Sal's teaching skills. One of the better writeups can be found here: http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy....