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Khan Academy: Remote learning with Khan Academy during school closures
Resources for schools, teachers, and parentsHello teachers and parents,We know many schools and families are making plans to be prepared should there be a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in their community. We understand that many folks want to better understand their options for learning at home. We’ve created resources, and are hosting webinars, to help you get the most out of Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a free resource for students, teachers, and parents.Students can learn and practice skills with our personalized, mastery-based learning system. Instructional videos help students learn or review material, and our exercises, quizzes, and tests give students the opportunity to practice and master skills. • Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math kindergarten through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. • Students practice skills with exercises, quizzes, and…
Khan Academy: Khan Academy Kids adds new first-grade lessons
Khan Academy Kids, our award-winning educational app for children ages two to seven, now includes new first-grade lessons. We’ve added thousands of interactive activities, lessons, and books: - More than 5,700 activities aligned with first-grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Math Common Core Standards - More than 80 animated instructional videos featuring the animated characters of Khan Academy Kids 59 new books:- Nonfiction science books from National Geographic and Bellwether Media- Original fiction stories for early readers- Books covering social-emotional topics and featuring compelling new characters like Caterpillar, who showcases patience and self-confidence, and Seahorse, who learns to be brave and face his fears to help his friend Jellyfish The goal of Khan Academy Kids is to help young learners everywhere learn to read, thrive in a classroom, count, be creative, ask questions, and—above all—build a love of learning. When we launched Khan A…
Khan Academy: Seven books we love about black history and how to learn more about it
At Khan Academy we love to learn. As a learning organization, we often share book recommendations with one another. In honor of Black History Month, we asked our coworkers to share their favorite books by black authors that focus on the history of African Americans. Read on for seven recommended books as well as links to Khan Academy videos and articles where you can learn more about the historical events covered in each book.Middle-grade fiction The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Ten-year-old Kenny lives with his family in Michigan. His teenage brother Byron gets into too much trouble, so his family heads south to visit their grandmother in Alabama. Grandma is the one person who can get Byron into shape. It’s 1963, and they are in town when Grandma’s church is blown up.Recommended by Leah (content team)Learn more on Khan Academy about life in the South in the postwar era and how a resistance to desegregation resulted in anger and vio…
Khan Academy: College Board & Khan Academy Mark 10 Million Milestone of Free Official SAT® Practice
More than 10 million students have signed up for free SAT practice on Khan Academy in 5 yearsIn 2015, College Board and Khan Academy partnered to make world-class SAT practice resources free for all students for the first time ever. Together, we created Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy – a personalized online program that helps students practice for the SAT with thousands of sample questions, instant feedback, video lessons, and full-length practice tests. As word has spread about our free resource, Official SAT Practice sign-ups have grown each year and now total more than 10 million worldwide. Thousands of students have shared their stories about Official SAT Practice and the ways the program helped them improve their SAT scores. Here are just a few of those stories: “All I had before was a dictionary and books I could take from the library. When my teachers introduced me to Khan Academy, I was so happy that it was free.”Matthew B., Class of 2…
Khan Academy: 20 educational gifts for all ages: Khan Academy team’s favorite toys, books, and games for learning
It’s the season of giving! We asked the Khan Academy content team to share the gifts they love to give the children in their lives. Find a special and educational book, game, subscription, or toy to add to your shopping list.Subscriptions kids will love What’s better than one great gift? A gift that you receive monthly! Our content team loves these subscription-based gifts for children.Magazine subscriptions“I highly recommend Ranger Rick (and Ranger Rick Jr) and National Geographic Kids magazine subscriptions.”Anna Berns,Program manager, international content / localization community liaisonKiwi Crates“I like giving Kiwi Crates, which are great for the five- to eight-year-olds in my life, but Kiwi Co. also has crates for different age groups. I like giving these crates because each one includes super fun, hands-on STEAM projects with associated science and math instruction. I like to give a monthly subscription so they are a gift that keeps on giving.&rd…
Khan Academy: Highlights from our 2019 Khan Academy Language Advocate Convention
We recently hosted our fourth annual Khan Academy Language Advocate Convention, where we were joined by 23 language advocates representing 15 languages—and a whopping eight different alphabets! Our language advocates lead the effort to translate Khan Academy into dozens of different languages. Their work is crucial to achieving the anywhere part of our mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Khan Academy staff and language advocates exchanged best practices on everything from raising funds to raising awareness of Khan Academy through social media. Language advocates also shared translation tips and tools with each other and presented to the entire Khan Academy staff about their efforts to make Khan Academy available around the world. Last but certainly not least, each language advocate brought a tasty treat from their home country so everyone could share in a delicious, international buffet. Our language advocates work hard to make sure Khan Academy…
Khan Academy: Our new offering for school districts empowers teachers by quickly and easily differentiating instruction for every student who takes MAP Growth
by Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan AcademyTeachers know that meeting the individual needs of each student can accelerate learning. They’re heroic in their efforts to differentiate instruction in classrooms of 25 or more students at various learning levels. But it’s challenging for even the most dedicated teacher to meet the diverse needs of every student. Differentiation is time consuming and intensely manual. That’s why I’m delighted school districts can now choose MAP Accelerator, a new tool that does the hard work of differentiation for teachers. MAP Accelerator uses MAP Growth scores to automatically generate a personalized, mastery-based learning plan for every student, while keeping the teacher as the instructional decision maker.We’ve partnered with NWEA, the creator of MAP Growth, to introduce this new resource. Khan Academy and NWEA are excited to empower teachers with a new way to deeply connect interim assessment to actionable classroom l…
Khan Academy: Got test anxiety? Sal Khan shares tips for reducing stress before your exam
Are you stressed about a test you have coming up? You’re not alone! A couple of weeks ago, Sal Khan shared his advice for managing exam anxiety. We got lots of amazing responses to his suggestions, and we’d love to share them with you. “Listening to Sal’s tips just reminds me that I am not alone. Thank you so much Khan Academy.”—@alexiawpyisnow on Instagram“I appreciate this more than you can imagine. It’s been rough. I wish every kid on earth could see this video.”—Umar on Youtube“I need more Sal in my life. Can he just be there and coach us through all of life’s challenges?”—@ferenstein on Twitter“Today, your words made me cry … This Friday I have another physics exam, and I’ve been stressing pretty hard. Your reminder that we, as people, are not defined by test scores really struck a chord in me. I needed to hear that. Thank you for all you do for people everywhere and a…
Khan Academy: Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Sal Khan
Did you know Sal Khan will be in Spain this week accepting a prestigious award from the Princess of Asturias Foundation? The team here at Khan Academy is very proud of Sal, and we’ll all be cheering for him on Friday, October 18 during the award ceremony! 🎉You might think of Sal as the founder of Khan Academy, but we know him as the approachable, down-to-earth guy who we work with every day—and we want you to know that Sal too! Here are three facts about Sal you might not know! Image: Sal Khan and Khan Academy Ambassador Crystal Famania 1) Sal often wears shorts to the office.You’ll probably see photos and video of Sal wearing a suit and tie accepting his award this week, but our Sal is often in the office wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Sal knows that people learn and work better in a variety of settings and at different times of day, and the culture in our office embraces that mindset. We enjoy a relaxed and casual dress code and are encouraged to work when a…
Khan Academy: Figuring out how kids learn with #TeachWithKhan educator Tambra Kascic
In a recent interview, our Teacher Community Program Manager, Aviv, spoke to Tambra Kascic, an #alwaysgrowing educator with a special commitment to figuring out how kids learn and sharing her expertise in the #TeachWithKhan Facebook and Twitter communities. Aviv at Khan Academy: Can you describe your journey to becoming a teacher? Tambra: Before I started teaching, I aspired to work in engineering technologies, and wound up working for a military-based supplier company. This is where I worked on various military equipment during Desert Storm and I got the opportunity to inspect the Atlantis space shuttle windows! I decided to re-attend college at age 48 to complete a degree in secondary education mathematics because I got tired of hearing teens say, “I hate math.” This is where I learned about Khan Academy from a grad student who was teaching a biology lab I was enrolled in.Aviv at Khan Academy: That’s an incredible journey! How did you address…
Khan Academy: After seeing substantial score gains in a pilot study, Khan Academy launches a new offering for school districts
Two years ago, Khan Academy started a pilot program with Long Beach Unified School District in Long Beach, California, to explore how to work with teachers and unlock student potential. Bolstered by the pilot’s success, we’re pleased to announce the introduction of Khan Academy Districts, a landmark new offering for school districts across the country.In addition to Long Beach Unified, Compton Unified School District and Madera Unified School District in California and Seminole County Public Schools in Florida will use Khan Academy Districts this school year. Khan Academy and Long Beach Unified conducted a joint correlational study in the 2017-2018 school year of more than 5,000 students. Research shows:Teaching with Khan Academy for one class period per week for at least 30 minutes was associated with students gaining an additional 22 points on the state mathematics assessment.Long Beach Unified reported students who used Khan Academy gained twice the district average…
Khan Academy: Engineering principles help us scale to better meet our mission
Growth is a goal for every organization and company. At Khan Academy, our nonprofit mission is to reach all learners around the world whose lives can be improved with access to a free education. To give you an idea of our growth towards our mission, today 18 million people learn on Khan Academy every month, up from nine million in 2016. How have we been able to deliver more content, more features, and continually improved experiences for our users? Our VP of Engineering, Marta Kosarchyn, shares out a powerful and an often overlooked strategy for scaling growth. Read more in the Khan Engineering blog. Inspired by our mission? Be sure to check out our careers page. Making the right shifts keeps things running smoothly. Photo by Alok Sharma on Unsplash…
Khan Academy: Meet the Best Presentation winner at the first-ever Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit
Amy Forsythe is a high school math teacher as Mason High School in Mason, Ohio. Amy attended our inaugural Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit in July and we’re delighted to share this guest blog post! By Amy ForsytheMy experience at the the pilot Khan Academy Ambassador Summer Summit—#KhanCon—was amazing! My expectation was that I would learn some new tricks for using Khan Academy in my classroom and maybe even get some insider info on what changes will be taking place in the future, and that definitely happened. I not only heard things that will help me in my classroom, but I also got great tips on how Khan Academy can help others. While those tangible learnings were huge, the real WOW moments for me were the connections I made with other Ambassadors and the Khan Academy staff. It is an incredible experience to be around others who share your passion for something. We realized how much we all have in common despite being from different states, d…
Khan Academy: 2018 in review: Annual Report
Last year more than 70 million people used Khan Academy. Even more importantly 1.5 million of those users spent enough time on Khan Academy to lead to significant academic results. Wow!We are so proud of everyone who spent time learning on Khan Academy and are especially grateful to our community of supporters who make it all possible. Check out some of the things we accomplished in 2018! 1. World-class learning around the worldMore people than ever before use Khan Academy to learn and reach their potential! World map of usage in 2018 2. Equalizing access to collegeStudents’ ability to achieve their goals shouldn’t depend on their families’ ability to pay for test prep.In 2018, 2.3 million students used Khan Academy to prepare for the SAT.3. Doing more to reach the students who need it most Lack of access to quality education is a persistent barrier to progress in the United States. This lack of opportunity disproportionately affects low-income familie…
Khan Academy: Helping aspiring teachers reach higher with new Official Praxis® Core Prep
Teachers and students are the heart of all that we do at Khan Academy. That’s why it was a no-brainer for us to partner with ETS, the makers of the Praxis® exams, to help aspiring teachers enter the profession. Our new Khan Academy Official Praxis® Core Prep is a free, first-of-its-kind preparation resource which is now available for tomorrow’s educators. Watch our announcement videoAspiring teachers can use Official Praxis® Core Prep to create a personalized learning plan to prepare for the Praxis® Core Academic Skills for Educators (Core) test, a key exam for many candidates entering teacher preparation programs. Using Official Praxis® Core Prep can strengthen the reading, writing, and math skills needed to succeed on the Praxis® Core test, in teacher preparation programs, and in the classroom. “There are a lot of resources out there that say they will help you, but they are expensive and you never know if they will real…
Khan Academy: Announcing Our New Partnership with NWEA to Accelerate Student Learning
Teachers have long told us they want more actionable insights into the assessments they give every year in their classrooms to improve learning for every student.That’s why we’re excited to announce that Khan Academy is partnering with NWEA, a mission-driven education nonprofit and maker of the gold-standard classroom assessment, MAP Growth. Together we’re developing MAP Accelerator, a unique classroom tool designed to help teachers deeply integrate personalized learning and assessment to accelerate student achievement.Watch our announcement video: MAP Accelerator will help teachers quickly and easily deliver a personalized learning path for every student based on their MAP Growth results. Teachers will be able to identify which students need extra help to fill gaps and unleash learning for students who are ready to move ahead. Teachers can use MAP Accelerator to differentiate instruction for students with diverse academic needs, particularly traditionally…
Khan Academy: Old School, New School: Mastery-Based Learning
By Beatrice, a guest blogger who is a junior in high schoolThe high school I attend in Silicon Valley requires all juniors to spend one week participating in an internship or shadow week. I was lucky to be able to spend my week at Khan Academy. During my shadow week, I learned how Khan Academy reaches people all over the world who are driven to deepen their education. It was also a chance to attend communications team meetings, learn about the testimonial process, and understand how press release requests are handled. Throughout the week, I also realized that Khan Academy, Khan Lab School and the Waldorf school that I attend share the belief that students understand concepts best through mastery-based learning—an educational pedagogy that allows students to learn at a pace that is suitable to them. At first glance, it might seem surprising that an online learning experience like Khan Academy, a startup like Khan Lab School, and a Waldorf school that has roots in a philosoph…
Khan Academy: Khan Academy students make it work in new documentary series
At Phillips Magnet Elementary School in Napa, California, where 65% of students are second-language learners and 85% come from low-income backgrounds, one group of students is bringing light to a community no longer willing to stay in the shadows.Watch the trailer:The new docuseries ‘Make it Work’, now available on Amazon Prime Video and The Roku Channel, features students who are inspired by their teacher and powered by lessons from Khan Academy. Follow their journey as they apply newfound skills to propose a public improvement project to make the streets around their school safer.“I’m so proud of these students,” says Sal Khan, Khan Academy’s founder. “Their success shows us how students who have access to a high-quality education are able to unlock their full potential and accomplish great things. I want that for every child in America and around the world.” Narrated by YouTube icon Hank Green and produced and directed by Emmy Award-wi…
Khan Academy: Sal joins the Cult of Pedagogy podcast to discuss mastery!
We’ve heard so many good things from Khan Academy teachers about the Cult of Pedagogy podcast and the teacher tools and resources found on its site that we had to get involved! Recently, Sal joined the podcast to discuss how our new mastery learning system can make a big difference in classrooms, the importance of teachers in unlocking the potential in every student, and why Khan Academy’s nonprofit status is more important than ever. 🔊Check out the episode here https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/khan-mastery-learning/ …
Khan Academy: Can we diversify the law school pipeline? Yes, we “Khan.”
by Catherine Wang, vice president of marketing and strategic partnerships at Khan Academy, and Lily Knezevich, senior vice president for learning and assessment, LSAC Last June, the Law School Admission Council and Khan Academy unveiled an ambitious—maybe even audacious—joint venture to offer free online LSAT prep to prospective law school students. The goal was simple, but profound. We wanted to expand and diversify the pool of people who were considering a career in law and advocacy by making it easier and more affordable for people to prepare for the Law School Admission Test, the gold standard assessment that is a critical first step for virtually every candidate applying to law school. We’re proud to announce new survey data that shows that African Americans, women, and economically disadvantaged students are among the heaviest users of Khan Academy Official LSAT Prep. The swift growth in people using this free resource has been just as encouraging. In less…