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Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

John James — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:49:17 GMT

You may actually remember Bill Gates because he actually did praise Khan on more than one occasion, and his foundation did donate $1.5 million to Khan's non-profit.

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(Kind of funny, the video looks like it is from 1990, but look at the year behind him.)

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

limitgov — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:18:22 GMT

"Okay then you're seriously confused. It's not "K-12 education", and Khan is not some CEO..."

you're right. I just remember there being more videos and topics then any other free website I've ever seen. I thought it was backed or funded in part by some CEO, like Bill Gates or something? I guess I remembered wrong. Either way, I'm glad I found it again.

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

Wheylous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:23:41 GMT

Oh, ok.

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

John James — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:19:20 GMT

"Free K-12 education" makes it sound like education equivelant to kindergarten thru 12th grade for free. This is not the case with Khan Academy. For one thing the videos offered do not cover all areas one would cover in K-12, and the only instruction available at an elementary level is basic math.

And Khan is not "some big CEO", and never has been. He was overeducated hedge fund analyst who started making videos in his closet because his cousin needed help with math. If you want to get technical and argue that he said "or something", I suppose that means the creator could have been a hobo too...but generally when someone says that it is implied to mean "or something like that."

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

Wheylous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:57:45 GMT

I don't see how his description is very inaccurate.

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

John James — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:33:54 GMT

limitgov:
yes...that's it. thank you.

Okay then you're seriously confused. It's not "K-12 education", and Khan is not some CEO...

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Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

Wheylous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:56:35 GMT

Also:

http://www.connectionsacademy.com/home.aspx

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

limitgov — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:32:29 GMT

yes...that's it. thank you.

Re: What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

John Ess — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:24:34 GMT

I think you mean Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/

What Is the Website Offering Free K-12 Education?

limitgov — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:09:47 GMT

It was a website offering free education...all online, tons of videos that show you every subject for K-12. It was started by a big ceo or something. What was the name of the website?