What is World-Class Education? Sal Khan on Reimagining How Students Learn

In March 2020, students across the country shifted to an unprecedented learning model as they logged onto their computers to attend classes on Zoom, forcing educators to quickly rethink how to effectively teach students in this new paradigm. As our education institutions worked to shift their models, the longstanding flaws and inequities in our system were put on full display. Now, more than two years later, we’re grappling to fully understand the impacts of this disruption to student learning. What has happened to our students over the past few years? What have we learned from this experience? And what changes are necessary in order to prepare today’s students to succeed in this fast-changing world?

Over the next few weeks, we are talking with education advocates, researchers, and change agents working to rethink our education system and provide better opportunities and outcomes for all students in a special series called “Catalysts for Change: What Is World Class Education?”

In the first episode, Jill was joined by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Tom Kane to discuss pandemic learning loss and recovery. Today, in the second episode of this special series, Jill is joined by Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy and one of the most well-known education innovators in the world, to talk about his groundbreaking work in providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
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In March 2020, students across the country shifted to an unprecedented learning model as they logged onto their computers to attend classes on Zoom, forcing educators to quickly rethink how to effectively teach students in this new paradigm. As our education institutions worked to shift their models, the longstanding flaws and inequities in our system were put on full display. Now, more than two years later, we’re grappling to fully understand the impacts of this disruption to student learning. What has happened to our students over the past few years? What have we learned from this experience? And what changes are necessary in order to prepare today’s students to succeed in this fast-changing world?

Over the next few weeks, we are talking with education advocates, researchers, and change agents working to rethink our education system and provide better opportunities and outcomes for all students in a special series called “Catalysts for Change: What Is World Class Education?”

In the first episode, Jill was joined by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Tom Kane to discuss pandemic learning loss and recovery. Today, in the second episode of this special series, Jill is joined by Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy and one of the most well-known education innovators in the world, to talk about his groundbreaking work in providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

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