“From preschool to PhD, education is afflicted by a malaise. Many students, teachers, parents and politicians, feel that with all the effort and money spent, we should be doing better.

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“Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, is a quiet revolutionary whose book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined released (in October), offers an inspiring vision for restructuring education.

“It’s an entertaining and provocative look at how one entrepreneur is changing the world, one lesson at a time.

“Khan’s Academy

“The Khan Academy is best known for its short educational videos – available online, for free, and for any student.

“The idea famously had its beginnings when Khan was tutoring his relatives remotely. Eventually, he developed short videos on YouTube, and added automated assessment and feedback to help them.

“The popularity of the videos meant Khan gave up a lucrative job as a hedge fund analyst to develop the idea fully. His is the classic Silicon Valley success story: self-funded and struggling until Gates, Google, and the like noticed, and turned on the money taps. To continue reading this article at The Conversation, click here.