Many of you know my view is that more effective, universal education must form the core of any effort by America to address her future and challenges successfully (followed closely by universal preventative and basic healthcare). I have followed closely new education ideas and innovations at the margin, but such incrementalism has produced little improvement. In fact, America continues to fall further behind.
Now comes the young, brilliant and undaunted Mr. Kahn and his "Kahn Academy." The former hedge fund analyst hasn't paid much attention to what people say can't be done. He's just doing what he thinks can be done, done better, and at very modest cost. And he's doing it very well. His approach has turned traditional notions of education and teaching on their head, "flipping" the education model, as it has been described. It has taken elementary education by storm, and promises as much for high school and higher education, as well. So promising is it that Bill Gates and others have taken out their check books to fund major expansion of Kahn's work. If you missed the piece on "60-Minutes," if you think this is important, you might consider viewing it here--or viewing it again. (Just click on the highlighted text or the link below.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7401696n&tag=contentMain;contentAux
Now comes the young, brilliant and undaunted Mr. Kahn and his "Kahn Academy." The former hedge fund analyst hasn't paid much attention to what people say can't be done. He's just doing what he thinks can be done, done better, and at very modest cost. And he's doing it very well. His approach has turned traditional notions of education and teaching on their head, "flipping" the education model, as it has been described. It has taken elementary education by storm, and promises as much for high school and higher education, as well. So promising is it that Bill Gates and others have taken out their check books to fund major expansion of Kahn's work. If you missed the piece on "60-Minutes," if you think this is important, you might consider viewing it here--or viewing it again. (Just click on the highlighted text or the link below.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7401696n&tag=contentMain;contentAux
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