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> "If you find a way to hire and fund thousands or millions of tutors worldwide to provide no charge education, get in touch with Sal Khan, since that's what he
by jyunwai 2y ago
> "If you find a way to hire and fund thousands or millions of tutors worldwide to provide no charge education, get in touch with Sal Khan, since that's what he has been trying to do for the past 2 decades."
To add on to this, this is actually an existing project founded by Sal Khan in 2021 called "Schoolhouse" at https://schoolhouse.world/about https://schoolhouse.world/about. There was a recruitment drive to try and encourage undergraduate students at my university to volunteer as tutors, in exchange for a letter of reference and tutoring experience. I suppose that the program was effective at recruiting volunteers at my university, as it had official support from my university's administration—students received recruitment emails from a faculty member, rather than from an external email address.
But I'm unsure about the quality and effectiveness of the program with tutors as volunteers, as I wasn't involved in the program myself. I also predict that it's hard to retain talent, as professional tutors can earn a very high hourly rate—I've seen many independent tutors charge more than $60 per hour.