Relative to where we were in 2011 when the TED Talk happened, back then we already had reasonable coverage - a scaffold of K-12 math and beyond - but now we’re serious about absolute full coverage of all of the major concepts that one would need to know for the K-12 Common Core, as well as AP Calculus. We’re making sure that, by next school year, our math experience is a very strong implementation of the Common Core, the math standards adopted by 46 states. Where are you focusing your efforts as you expand?Ĭontent coverage is a big thing. Khan Academy has seen incredible growth since you spoke in 2011.

Below, an edited transcript of that conversation. We spoke with Khan about the academy’s incredible growth, and what’s on the horizon for classrooms both physical and virtual.

After his talk ignited impassioned dialogue, he wrote a book that digs deeper into his idea - a landscape where teachers work in tandem with technology to foster the best learning environment for each student. Khan himself has been busy reimagining the education experience. It has even partnered with LeBron James, to up its cool factor. Through collaborations with MIT, the Getty Museum and the MOMA, Khan Academy is focusing its efforts on expanding and deepening its content offerings. The lessons are available in 29 languages, and are hosted on five fully translated sites. The site now has more than 10 million unique users per month, with five million exercises completed daily. In the three years since his talk, Khan has doubled down on his efforts to cultivate Khan Academy into the education model of the future. The conversation only exploded from there. As he introduced Khan Academy - a virtual classroom that uses video lessons to create an individualized, self-paced learning experience - his alternative model fueled the nascent dialogue about online education. When Salman Khan shared his vision for “a free world-class education for anyone anywhere” at TED2011, he turned the education world on its head.

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