Khan Academy Founder Talks Radical Education Reform and The One World Schoolhouse

[@zmail8566]

sal is a real life superhero

[@sirmorluk]

Awesome!! We home school our 7 year old and he loves Khan. He is reading at a 7th grade level and is advanced in every area. He conducts his own experiments all the time using scientific method and knows the entire Periodic Table as a 2nd grader. This is the future of quality education!

[@ronwandell]

Sal Khan is a hero, in 200 years children will be taught his name and accomplishments. He is modest here but he is spear heading a revolution in education. MY MAN!

[@aliaajram]

Sal, you saved my life! i learned a whole semester worth of economics in four videos! Thank you for your help!!

[@DrEnginerd1]

Two of my favorite people on the Internet in one video, great job reason I thoroughly enjoyed it

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

Khan Academy only has one instructor: Salman Kahn. But Khan Academy is Salman+Google which is BIGGER then the school system. Also, like Kahn said, many teachers in the school system are assinging their students to watch his video at home as homework. In class, they go over problems by interacting with the teacher which you can't get by just watching the videos. Salman acknowledges that this is far more effective then just watching the videos.

[@nanochase]

I am currently working towards an engineering degree and even after I graduate my employeer will still be training me for six more years. The future of education is apprenticeship because civilization is advancing far faster than the degree. The point of a degree now is to prove self-control and reliability.

[@XCritonX]

When I have kids they will be home schooled. As a person with a lot of adult experience with private and public schools, I know I can do a better job of educating my kids than "factory" schools.

[@SexDrugsFinance]

The true beauty of this new proposed system is reputation networks. Not only will you be learning at your own pace and pursuing your own interests, employers would be able to get a better sense of why you study what you study and whether you would bring value to their organization.

[@Nicko2604]

That familiar voice....

[@suyangsong]

seriously how the hell does this guy know like...EVERYTHING I'm struggling in like 4-5 university courses and this guy is TEACHING like 30-40 of them...

[@Censorededs]

You're nearly a decade out from this comment -- do you have a differing opinion now?

[@hag12100]

Khan academy is one of best online tutoring sites for math. I wish I'd it 5 years ago.

[@fishblades]

Every once and awhile I have to go back and watch his Ted speech. The ovation he got at the end is pretty amazing and justified.

[@Cornampoo]

Brilliant! I especially like the part where the examinations (and the credentials that go with it) are separated from the education itself. Learn your own way, and at your own pace - take exams when you think you're ready.

[@Tsunami9997]

Mr. Khan is super smart! I'm STILL learning stuff listening to this interview!

[@pearflavoredyogurt]

Homeschoolers have shown that they are able to concentrate and do get successful careers in many fields. They don't wastefully use resources, because they learn out of what little they have. I know a homeschooler that went to yale, and another that went to Oxford..

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

And all I am saying is the schools are adapting faster then most people think. I know my school is. My kid's school even has classes on line they can get full credit for, including over the summer.

[@AsgerJon]

My here Sal! You have taught me math more effectively than my teachers on more than one occasion!

[@dannnn94]

I've always wondered what this God of a teacher looked like. He single handedly brought by Biology grade from a 71% to a 98%!

[@nickdummythicc3361]

To be honest with you, school is just a waste of time in general! The tests that they give out make you cram information into you brain in a very short amount of time. And then after the test you forget all of the info that was on it and that you “learned”. The same thing goes for the final exams too! And then homework is even worse, were they don’t even let you have your own free time to be creative. And the teachers themselves are not even motivated to work and just hand out random shit. But this website Khan Academy, is truly amazing and something I know I can use whenever. I can finally focus on something that is college level material combined with something I have a passion for like Astronomy, Astro-Physics, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, Trigonometry, Geometry, and more! It is truly a Website that will go down in history.

[@CaliforniaArchitect]

We've used Khan Academy to supplement our kids' homeschooling. Our homeschool costs less than $500 per child per year.

[@Loathomar]

It is more then just a 3d printer that I was talking about, but a 3d printer that can reprint it self and would cost well under $500. Cheap enough where everyone can has one and there is no need to buy shoes, you just print them. This is not just decentralized manufacturing, but at home, labor free manufacturing. Currently, it is limited in both detail and materials, but even in the next 20 years high quality multi-material cheap 3D printing, and soon after metal 3D printing (SpaceX has it now).

[@BennyOcean]

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up winning a Nobel Prize for his contributions to education.

[@carnivorouswolf]

The problem with tripling teachers salaries is that a lot of current teachers aren't worth that much. If terminating bad teachers and giving raises to teachers who performed better was easy then many problems with our education system would disappear quickly.

[@Dash277]

I hope he is right about the change being faster than I perceive it. My oldest is 4 and this is one of my biggest concerns.

[@jetriot]

It isn't that simple. South Korea has one culture that focuses on Confucian thought and holds a high regard for education and for authority. While they test very well because their discipline and drilling is so extraordinary they lack the flexibility, creativity and innovation that other education systems are capable of producing. I am an ESL teacher and I can not stress how difficult it is to get a student used to an Asian education system to write critical analysis of anything.

[@pearflavoredyogurt]

A lot of homeschoolers are getting accepted into colleges at increased rates, and employers do consider that a plus.

[@ziaurrahaman51]

You are proud of Bangladesh Salman khan

[@MrCamiranga]

The reason we have so many professionals that suck is the focus on those salaries...You should not think work when you want to educatate yourself....A doctor that chose to be one for the salary and the status will suck most of the times...there is something called vocation that makes the whole difference right there. We would have more happy people too if they were not choosing a salary instead of an education....but all my respect to Khan..cya

[@YJohannM]

Sure, ultimately the barrier is in the mind. But the coercive nature of the public school monopoly is VERY REAL, and outside of the mind. They wont' go away quietly.

[@rawheas]

well so does he. but there is much more to reforming our education system than just learning online. The important feature they mention a lot is education based off ability rather than age, and teachers who are truly talented communicators rather than just those who didn't make it into law school or med school.

[@HomeSchoolHelp]

I highly recommend Khan Academy for homeschoolers. Lessons are free and fun too. The Khan Academy website can also track student's progress - this is very useful for homeschooling states that require parents to keep educational records. If you want one site to get your homeschooler started - start at Khan Academy org

[@SomeshChavhan7777]

Hey sal please add abstract algebra in your tutorials.

[@_herbstreet]

great video guys. I'm gonna need this book now .

[@technopoptart]

its still based on raising and controlling basic skilled factory workers.

[@jims007]

I am so inspired

[@mrpappu1879]

James Soe xbz

[@mrpappu1879]

pappu

[@kmelfina]

I run to Khan Academy when I need help with my university academic work. Few hours has done a lot more than months lol.

[@jamcat62]

Actually, there are several different versions of 3d metal "printing" is use. But you seem to be missing the point. Even if everyone had a "replicator" in their house, who teaches them to use it? Or create new designs? A "self-taught" person will educate themselves, in order to create something new. Otherwise, most will just select options from a "menu" of objects to make. Knowlege IS power! Only you can decide what interests you. And learning something new makes you more powerful.

[@mansukim6371]

Khan Academy is the best!

[@IntrospectivePest]

At my uni they have so many lecture halls. Can you imagine how much space it takes to build one of those? and after 2 hours, that information that was given in the lecture is no longer available. All it really takes is one person with a video editing software to make an a grade replica in their PC w/o a lecture hall, and they can put it on the web to be accessed by anyone at any time. I find it disturbing how we still try to stick this this dried up model of throwing money only to get a barely satisfactory level of education when one could simply go to a free website like kahn academy and get this lessons in the same course at a significantly higher quality. One thing is for sure, the education system is being run by crooks.

[@akshaymorya1395]

IntrospectivePest mormujk

[@jetriot]

I don't disagree with you 100% but you should recognize that our education system is fairly open to change in most places where much of the rest of the world really struggles with change in education.

[@CaliforniaArchitect]

Currently, 2.

[@pearflavoredyogurt]

Is it true that maybe homeschooling is the most Libertarian form of education?

[@beigelycheenut]

Thank you, Salman Khan for getting me pretty much single-handedly through linear algebra when my prof SUCKED!

[@JeffroTheMan1]

Implicit 'so far,' how does it work?

[@weewilly2007]

What happens when u use money 2 make technology & then using technology 2 make more money, just 2 do the same thing over again? Both work with numbers, or the assigning of fixed points 2 instances in space time. When every nanometer in space time is accounted and every energy field in the universe is plotted out, is it still considered a dynamical system, or a dead one?

[@AnnLaustsen87]

The biggest problem with unions is that they are anti-competition/anti-innovation. If a teacher improves performance but has only been at the school for a year, it doesn't matter. The bad teachers with underperforming students that have been there for years will still make more money. Unions champion seniority-based pay.

[@randomizerman]

What the hell is wrong with 7 people? Why would anyone thumbs down Sal?

[@DOSgrid]

You should see Finland.

[@astreocclu]

Excellent.

[@Peteruspl]

Actually I would say 3d printing is way below improved education. The impact on society of current model of schooling is extremely powerful and to our detriment. Decentralized (not even more efficient and certainly limited) manufacturing is neat, but nowhere near. It would be cool to make yourself new running shoes in the local printshop, rapid prototyping is also great (but this is in fact 20th century 3d printers) but this is it.

[@beatlesfan129]

love this guy

[@carnivorouswolf]

Or imagine how much of a better education a kid could get if they had a teacher who only taught 5-6 students (getting paid 90-108k a year).

[@Wrongway1965]

How many Kids ??

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

My kid is a "concept" learner: she doesn't understand until she sees the concept behind what is going on.

[@andyissemicool]

Because potential subversion of established educational institutions is inherently political?

[@kokildeb]

He is from BANGLADESH So, stop hating on Third world Countries guys...

[@echatav]

Nick is like "hey, you think maybe government has something to do with the shittiness of education?" and Khan is like "I refuse to take your hint."

[@PingOnThis]

The problem is less with unions in general, which can and should be allowed, than laws that force membership in unions and public employee unions, which are paying money to the campaigns of the politicians that are supposed to represent the taxpayers in the negotiations. Public employee unions in the states end up becoming functionally money laundering schemes for political parties to funnel taxpayer money back to their own campaigns.

[@parthpatel0012]

i am not GAY..but i love sal khan..

[@TB1123YT]

beautiful and smart

[@ntolman]

If we tripled the pay of teachers we'd hopefully expect teachers are 3 times as good.

[@BennyOcean]

Pretty sure the Nobel Prize isn't awarded by "the state".

[@CurtHowland]

Sad. Well, the answer to bad ideas is good ideas, hopefully the comments will redirect people to solid lectures like Tom Woods and the rest of Mises University.

[@AnnLaustsen87]

It looks like one teachers union rep stopped by.

[@inquisitive871]

Why is Nick Gillespie trying to politicize this?

[@Censorededs]

Education is and always has been a political issue -- how do you fund peoples education? Should it be private or public? If it's public, how do you hold local government accountable for that education? If it's private, how do you hold them accountable for covering curriculum? You're also watching ReasonTV which is a political organization, geared towards Libertarianism and free market principles. For Nick, this encapsulates the failure and the outdated modes of education that most public schools, charters, and even private organizations utilize. It's that sense of innovation and wonder that isn't possible within a bureaucratic scheme that Libertarians use to justify their ideas of free market, even within education.

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

"I doubt traditional schooling encourages your kid to benefit more in actually learning material though." What?

[@CurtHowland]

He doesn't have to be a "libertarian" to understand the benefits of market forces in all fields, even "education". I have not seen if Kahn Academy has any economics stuff, but I would not be surprised if it turned out to be "mainstream" Keynesian, rather than Austrian. Luckily, there's Mises. org

[@SallyMorem]

Don't spend one penny more on education. Direct the kids (and adults) to Khan Academy.

[@Wrongway1965]

yeah, me too.. but only the unions that are taxpayer funded.. & unfortunately, this now includes the UAW.. my personal opinion..

[@bigdaddylee8019]

I want to claim mr khan as my brother. 😆🙄😚😑

[@supervegtio2]

khan academy helps

[@PatrickSmith87]

*Khan Academy (edit)

[@Revmasterxolo]

Best Adam don't tendo wendo and unfolder foil to Taylor Smith.

[@beigelycheenut]

Also while I was going through it and didn't see his face, I was expecting to see a black dude when I saw a video with his face! That might sound terrible, but that's just the image I had in my head lol...

[@Revmasterxolo]

Damn You au and to augments

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

Oh, I didn't realize you had a crystal ball, sorry.

[@SurElliott]

Haha @3:05 you meant 200% better. Someone must have gone to public school.

[@sixxkitty8687]

lol I am terrible....I thought Sal was a white guy....but it is nice to see what he looks like. cool guy.

[@tttar]

I came here looking for a teacher or administrator to make fun of, but all I can find lately are people who think like me. I feel so useless. Won't someone defend their sinecure and explain how Khan is hurting the children? Where's that old, arrogant, "only a licensed professional like me should be allowed to teach" spirit that used to be so ubiquitous?

[@CurtHowland]

Bummer. Oh well, not surprised. Disgusted, yes, but not surprised.

[@ThaigerDon]

lol at profile pic!

[@PingOnThis]

You seem like a well meaning and thoughtful individual, but don't fall for the straw-man argument that any significant number of people want to ban all unions. No one is seriously asking for that. The problem has almost always been, even at the turn of the 20th century, government intervention in disputes between unions and business owners. Back then, the cops beat down strikers. Now, the government is preventing people who don't want to be in the union from getting work.

[@arcanekrusader]

settle down.

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

Nick tried so hard to get Salman to poo-poo public schools! I though Nick was going to put him in a headlock and force him to do it. Nick has drank too much neocon Kool-Aid. My kid is in a great public school and Salman is right: public schools are changing faster then most people realize -but a lot of it is up to the kids and the parents to take advantage of. Like my kid uses a netbook in all classes with her texts in pdf, most kids don't.

[@rubbersole79]

Obama will find a way to put a tax on this.