Sal Khan’s Post

Join the Khan World School team for an online info session, Monday April 22 at 6:00pm MST. Learn how students in grades 6–12 are excelling in this full-time online school program. Sign up at khanworldschool.org  #asuprepdigital

Looking for a great middle school leader at Khan Lab School… https://lnkd.in/gYx3RNBZ

Excited to be speaking in New Orleans on Saturday at 10:45am with Walter Isaacson as part of the New Orleans Book Fest at Tulane Univerisity. It is open to the public on a first come basis at McAlister Auditorium. See you there!

For those of you with middle or high schoolers looking for a new type of school experience, join me this afternoon/evening at a Q&A session about Khan World School: https://lnkd.in/gXXMfmmd

Amazing story we recently received on Khan Academy’s testimonial page: ------- I cannot thank Khan Academy enough. At age 21 I was a high school drop out working in construction without any real life direction. I also had recently gone through an unplanned pregnancy with my ex so I had shared custody over a child. I thought my life wouldn't amount to much and I was miserable. I had no working knowledge of science but I got hooked on biology from watching documentaries in the evenings. One day I decided that I wanted to learn more and begun to poke around through forums to find out what it would take to get a better understanding of science without going back to school. I came across Khan Academy through an online search and was stunned to discover that I could learn everything that I missed in high school online for free. After just 3 months of obsessing over learning I managed to complete the entire high school programme for biology and chemistry. At this point I was hooked on science and it's all I wanted to talk and read about in my spare time. It was getting so bad that I was taking days off work just to learn more as I didn't have enough time during the day. Eventually I was told by my manager that if I didn't go to university he'd fire me. So I enrolled at my local university and was terrified that I wouldn't be able to keep up. After all, I had no high school qualifications and I was surrounded by students who were all more qualified than I was. Additionally, I had next to no money to live on. The student allowance wasn't much more than the cost of my rent and I had my daughter part time too. I resorted to doing clinical trials and asbestos removal to get by. I took it one day at a time and eventually I got my first exam grades back. I managed to get an A- in biochemistry. Before I didn't think I belonged there but after that grade I though maybe, just maybe, I could do it. Fast forward 4 years and I ended up with a first class honours degree in biochemistry and am now looking to start my PhD. I also met the love of my life at university who is also a biochemist. I couldn't have done that without Khan Academy. I owe so much to you guys, thank you so much. I was thinking I should make a large donation, but on the other hand I now have student loans to pay off. For now I'll leave you with an IOU Cheers!

I'm excited to announce my new book will be released on May 14th, 2024. Please share with anyone who might be interested in the future of education, work and AI. It is also available for pre-order on Amazon and elsewhere ( https://lnkd.in/gXsy4BUt )

Great things are happening in Newark, NJ schools with AI. https://lnkd.in/dcmn5ERt

Excited things happening in our Indiana partership…

If you are a strong believer in student-centered education and believe that middle schoolers are capable of far more than most believe, please apply. Ideal candidates know how to lead multi-stakeholders to question assumptions and innovate !

Let's do a thought experiment. Imagine it's 2050, and we're reflecting on how AI fundamentally changed the world for the better. What did we do right? What problems did we solve? I enjoyed talking about this with James Manyika. Curious to know how you'd think about this. https://lnkd.in/gMT83kfz