Sal Khan on Civics, AI, and the Constitution

We the People

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The National Constitution Center and Khan Academy are partnering to create a free online Constitution 101 course premised on a simple, radical act: bringing together genuine experts who genuinely disagree about the most important constitutional issues facing our nation today; and use their examples to model thoughtful, respectful civil dialogue. In this special episode of We the People, host Jeffrey Rosen sits down with Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan, in a one-on-one conversation to discuss the state of civics in America today, in light of the recent Nation’s Report Card data showing a nationwide decline in civics and history scores; explain how the NCC and Khan Academy partnership and the Constitution 101 course can improve outcomes in civics education nationwide; the role of AI like Khanmigo in education and teaching about the Constitution and civil dialogue; and much more. Resources: Jeffrey Rosen and Sal Khan, TIME, “How We Can Repair Our Democracy and Build a More Perfect Union” NCC/Khan Academy partnership announcement, press release National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Report Card NCC’s Constitution 101 course Sal Khan, TED Talk, “How AI could save (not destroy) education” Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen president and CEO of the National
0:05.9	Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of
0:09.1	constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress
0:15.3	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:20.7	This is a special episode of We The People and I'm so excited to sit down with none other than Saul Khan, the founder of Khan Academy.
0:29.0	The NCC and Khan Academy have started a really exciting partnership to solve the civics crisis in America
0:35.6	by creating a Constitution 101 class for high school students and that's just the beginning
0:41.7	for much more.
0:44.0	Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, which is of course a nonprofit with the mission of providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
0:53.4	He's the founder of School House World,
0:55.1	Khan Lab School, and Khan World School.
0:57.8	Saul, welcome to We The People.
1:00.0	Thanks for having me, Jeff.
1:01.8	So data recently came out from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
1:07.5	That's called the Nation's Report Card.
1:10.7	It's part of the Education Department, and the results weren't good.
1:15.1	It turns out that eighth graders scored worse on the history section this year than any
1:20.0	year since the test was administered, since 94, and Civics scores dropped
1:24.5	for the first time since it was first tested in 1998.
1:28.6	Salle, you and I just wrote an op-ed together
1:31.8	where we argue that one cause of the civics crisis is political polarization.
1:36.6	Students just don't have a model for how to disagree without being disagreeable, to have civil dialogue and debate about the Constitution.
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