Sal Khan: Innovative Educator and Founder of Khan Academy

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

While working at a successful hedge fund Sal Khan began tutoring his cousin when he learned she was struggling with math. After realizing that the social aspect of learning can add pressure, he started creating video lessons. His cousins loved learning by video and could rewind challenging sections. He started writing code to help track student progress and keep track of their goals. Sal democratized education by scaling what he learned about tutoring to create Khan Academy which is currently serving 30 million students a month during the pandemic. Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Very smart insights about the SATS, virtual learning, and how children are learning today. His non-profit is helping students all over the world keep up on their studies at a time when traditional educational opportunities are limited and stretched thin by challenges from the pandemic. This episode is brought to you by reMarkable, the paper tablet. It's my favorite way to take notes, sign contracts, and save all the instruction manuals to all the gadgets I buy. Learn more at remarkable.com I hope you enjoyed this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes It takes less than sixty seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I might read your review on my next episode! Sign up for Guy's weekly email at http://eepurl.com/gL7pvD Connect with Guy on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/guykawasaki Instagram: instagram.com/guykawasaki Facebook: facebook.com/guy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/guykawasaki/ Read Guy’s books: https://guykawasaki.com/books/ Thank you for listening and sharing this episode with your community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
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0:44.4	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people. This episode's guest is Sal Khan.
0:55.6	He is the founder of the Khan Academy.
0:57.9	He attended the University of New Orleans and MIT.
1:02.2	In 2012, Time magazine named Sal one of the hundred most influential people in the world.
1:10.2	Khan Academy is a non-profit educational institution that provides free courses in math, science,
1:16.7	and the humanities.
1:19.0	The Khan Academy courses are available in 46 languages and used in more than 190 countries.
1:26.4	There are approximately 7,000 videos and 70,000 practice problems.
1:31.3	These videos have been watched 1.7 billion times.
1:35.3	There are more than 110 million registered users and nearly 20 million active learners per month.
1:42.3	Two of the surprising parts of this interview are his opinion of SAT testing
1:47.6	and the security risk of discouraging foreign students from coming to the United States.
1:54.2	I truly believe that Khan Academy is one of the Internet's greatest success stories.
1:59.9	Listen to this episode and I think you'll see why
2:02.5	the can-do, empathetic, and intelligent Sal Khan made it happen. This episode of Remarkable
2:09.7	people is brought to you by Remarkable, the Paper Tablet Company. Yes, you got that right. Remarkable
2:16.4	is sponsored by Remarkable.
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