The founders of a widely hailed online education project and a nonprofit that uses the Internet to teach job skills to the poor in developing nations are among the latest recipients of the Heinz ...

Khan Academy has often been hailed as the world’s teacher. Unfortunately, an estimated 4.5 billion people have no Internet access. So when a former intern at Khan Academy, Jamie Alexandre, created an ...

It’s not just the SAT itself that’s changing. Soon, students will be able to prepare for the high-stakes college-entrance exam by going on an online “SAT quest,” complete with custom practice problems ...

Continuing its evolution from quirky disruptor of traditional classroom learning to mainstream player aligned with the education establishment, the nonprofit Khan Academy recently unveiled new online ...

#YOUKHANLEARNANYTHING: On August 19, Khan Academy launched its #youcanlearnanything campaign, designed to encourage lifelong learning and acknowledge the role of struggling in skill development. As ...

Khan Academy is an online learning nonprofit company that aims to make high-quality education free for anyone with an internet connection. What was originally a one-man operation — former hedge fund ...

Free website includes thousands of exercises for helping students prepare for the new standards at their own pace, founder Sal Khan announced Each student will get his or her own learning dashboard to ...

Last week’s big news about the new SAT redesign included a very important footnote: In the name of fairness to students who can’t afford $999 Princeton Review classes, the College Board now plans to ...

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Attendees at last week's CUE 2014 conference in Palm Springs, CA got a sneak peek at Khan Academy's new math learning materials designed to support Common Core. The resources, offered free of charge, ...

Widely popular online learning platform Khan Academy closed a rare exclusive partnership with the College Board to bring free test prep software to the masses. As the College Board overhauls the panic ...

While consoles are primarily known for gaming and taking in multimedia content, every so often something different sneaks it’s way in. Last week, Khan Academy – a free online education tool – launched ...