At the end of the day, what matters is whether your product works and whether people like it. Sal Khan Read Quote
I’d like to see a reality where, if someone wants to work when they turn 18 to help support their family, and they learn at their own pace on something like the Khan Academy or other things, that they can just, on their own, get a bunch of the credits they need just by testing out of things. Sal Khan Read Quote
Far too many bright, motivated kids are being badly served by their educational experiences – ones at elite, wealthy schools as well as underfunded ones. Sal Khan Read Quote
I’ve already got a beautiful wife, a great son, and a house. What else do you need? Sal Khan Read Quote
The whole reason why we have this kind of assembly line model of education that we inherited from the Prussians, is they were the first people – it’s a very egalitarian motive – to say how do we educate everyone. Sal Khan Read Quote
India, with one of the largest education systems in the world, has always been a priority for Khan Academy. Sal Khan Read Quote
After my parents’ divorce in the early seventies, I grew up with my mother, who wasn’t super educated herself. But there were a lot of kids from the subcontinent in the neighbourhood, many of whom were academic achievers. So my sister and I grew up around them, and both of us did well in school. Sal Khan Read Quote
I’d set up the Khan Academy as a not-for-profit in 2008, but I was doing well in my job and initially thought I could fund the Academy myself. But by 2009, I was getting so much good feedback that I told my wife that I wanted to do this full time. We had some funds to fall back on, and I knew doing this made me happy. Sal Khan Read Quote
