A year ago, back in episode 82, I talked to Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, one

of the most visited online education sites.

We were talking back then about his big new idea, the Khan World School.

It's a fully online high school, with a self-paced curriculum, content delivered larger

through videos, and a weekly deep dive into one big, important issue.

But the last time we talked a year ago, the motto was unproven.

We salved that time, talking about his hopes for what the school could be.

And so we said, let's do the world's best high school that happens to be online.

Welcome to People I Am Mostly Admire, with Steve Love It.

Today in this special bonus episode, I sit down with Sal to hear how the first year turned

out.

And I chat with Chloe Peterson, one of the students attending the school.

Can you just explain the key concept behind the Khan World School?

What makes it different?

What makes it better?

In 2012, I wrote a book at One World School House.

And in that was, how did the education system that most of us have lived in and still

exists?

How did that come to be?

Mass public education?

It was a hugely positive thing for society, but it had to make some compromises.

It borrowed tools of the Industrial Revolution.

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