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Khan Academy: Khan Lab School Opening Day
Back in June we told you that we’d be experimenting with a learning lab, and today marks the opening of the Khan Lab School, which will be composed of a small cohort of around 30 students. Khan Academy has a history of summer camps and working with classrooms, which have both really helped us better understand opportunities to help teachers and students. In order to take an even more hands-on and sustained approach, The Khan Lab School will research blended learning and education innovation by creating a working model of Khan Academy’s philosophy of learning in a physical school environment and sharing the learnings garnered with schools and networks around the world. Our goal is to develop new, personalized practices that center around the student. As this model is developed, we will be sharing and testing the practices in diverse settings to offer new ways of thinking about Khan Academy and the classroom. The lab school will focus on developing practices that empower…