They were the outliers, those willing to open up their classrooms to try new things. Teachers are the unwavering center of schooling and we should continue to learn from them every day.Īt the beginning of the decade, we worked with a handful of early adopters.
They inform my day-to-day work as well as the important learnings I’ll take forward for years to come. I made three assumptions back in 2010 that still hold sway today.Īlthough I didn’t know it a decade ago, I now understand these assumptions are enduring. In 2008, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School.Ī lot has changed over the last decade, but it’s interesting to look at things that haven’t changed too. "I view this type of investment in what we're doing as really foundational for us to be able to build a multigenerational institution so that 'future Elon Musks' of the world are also able to tap into their potential and help all of us uplevel who we are as a civilization.This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. "s much as progress has been made.there are many billions who need this - there people throughout the planet who need a way to tap into their potential," said Khan. Khan Academy received a $5 million gift from Twitter and Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey in August 2020. He also noted that the nonprofit he founded in 2008 - which today provides personalized online educational resources in thirty-six languages - is operating at a budget deficit for 2021. In a video thanking Musk and his foundation for the "incredibly generous" gift, Khan Academy founder Salman Khan said the funds will enable the organization to "accelerate all sorts of content" for its hundred and twenty million users around the world. Khan Academy has announced a $5 million gift from SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation.
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