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It should be noted that there are huge vested interests who want to tear down Khan academy and similar sites.
by IndianAstronaut 12y ago
It should be noted that there are huge vested interests who want to tear down Khan academy and similar sites.
- zo1 12y agoWhich "huge vested interests" are you referring to specifically? I can understand that if the Khan academy were to really take off, it'd shake quite a lot of educational institutions. Everything from universities, state-funded schools, teachers unions, the works. And I don't think a lot of them would like that, as I it would appear to the individuals running/manning them that their jobs are on the line. The reason I say state-funded schools wouldn't like this is because they work on a false premise. Supposedly that education is not free/cheap enough, and that government funding is required to make it work for the masses. You take away that, and public/state schools become glorified daycare so that the parents can stay productive instead of having to babysit their offspring. One addition: I've just setup a recurring donation to the Khan academy. One small step at proving that society can function without state-coercion.
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