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Efficacy research about Khan Academy

  • A randomized control trial in India: With adequate implementation support, students can achieve target levels of usage and realize significant learning gains.
  • A three-year study in Newark: Students who practiced on Khan Academy gained on average about six additional points on the state math test, close to triple the average state gain.
  • Stanford Report: Even small amounts of online math practice can improve skills.

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About Khan Academy

  • Sal Khan founded Khan Academy in 2008
  • We're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization 
  • Our learning resources are free 
  • Many students struggle with math, and helping more of them succeed is central to our work as a nonprofit
  • In addition to math, we offer free lessons in the sciences, writing, humanities and SAT prep
  • Mastery learning is the philosophical heart of Khan Academy
  • We work with more than 600 school districts in the United States
  • Around the world, we work with schools systems in eight countries reaching seven million students
  • For little learners ages two to eight, we offer the free mobile app Khan Academy Kids
  • Khan Academy Kids offers early math, literacy, executive functioning practice, and a library of books
  • The app Khan Academy Kids has been downloaded more than 43 million times
  • Around the world, Khan Academy is available in more than 50 languages and more than 190 countries
  • More than 200 million registered users use Khan Academy globally (many more use Khan Academy without registering)

Sal Khan’s bio

Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy and Vision Steward and board member of TED, two global nonprofits that provide free education to more than 200 million people worldwide.

What began as tutoring his cousins online has grown into a platform reaching learners in more than 190 countries and more than 50 languages. For nearly two decades, Sal has worked to build an education safety net, a free platform designed to give anyone, anywhere access to high-quality instruction. At the same time, Khan Academy partners with more than 600 school districts in the United States and works with school systems in countries around the world.

Sal is the founder of the nonprofits Schoolhouse.world, Khan Lab School, and Khan World School, and the author of The One World Schoolhouse and Brave New Words, and co-author of Teaching Students to Use AI Ethically & Responsibly. His forthcoming book, Job Shock, examines how AI will transform the future of work and how societies can build learning systems that help people adapt, learn, and thrive.

About Khan Academy Districts

  • In 2019, we launched Khan Academy Districts, our program to partner with school districts, in order to reach more students from historically under-resourced communities.
  • School districts receive professional learning, support, tools for administrators and teachers to track student progress, and more
  • In 2023, we launched Khan Kids for Schools to support early learners in preschool through second grade 
  • Today, Khan Kids for Schools supports more than 18,000 early learners with foundational skills like early literacy and math

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