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Khan Academy runs ~2,800 videos and a growing platform of exercises and analytics built by an 18-person team; 200 exercise modules generate infinite questions while logging time, pauses and outcomes for A/B testing and retention models. Pilots in Los Altos (42 classrooms districtwide) raise 7th-grade students at-grade-level from 23% to 41%, eliminate the “very below basic” group, and move 6% from remedial to advanced. Platform reports 86M lessons, 100M exercises, 3.5 million users last month and ~$1M spent so far.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25Video Content
- 1:13Khan Academy
- 3:47Exercise Generators
- 5:24Education Systems
- 11:28Our Vision
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