Khan Academy Expanding To Littles
Peter Greene,
Curmudgucation,
Jun 14, 2021
I encountered this post just last week on NEPC and it responds to an interview with Salman Khan published in EdSurge in late April (these sites all refer to him as 'Sal Khan' and I'm not really sure where or why the name changed over time). The article is about Duck Duck Moose, a company founded in 2008 to create learning apps for children and that joined Khan Academy in 2018. The purpose of the post is to undermine the effort. The links are useful and there are some good bits, for example, "'learning minutes' is a clever rebranding of 'screen hours.'" But it's also an attack on schoolhouse.world as "peer-to-peer tutoring, micro-credentials, and a batch of shady characters including Arne Duncan" and "more of the stuff built on a foundation of well-connected, well-heeled amateurs who figure they can easily create an educational revolution." Well I get the argument but when I look at Peter Greene's writing for Forbes the criticisms seem more opportunistic than progressive. Building trust on low-hanging fruit.
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