Evan Lewis

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Over the years, our programming contests have been an amazing way for learners to flex their creativity, take on challenges, and connect through code. We’ve loved seeing everything from first-time ...

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"No duty is more urgent than giving thanks." —James Allen During July 1st to August 1st inclusive, Khan Academy students delivered about 13063 official Javascript projects. Less than 10% of the pro...

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It’s an unfortunate fact that most of the students don’t get a single comment or tip on their projects on Khan Academy. This must be especially hard this year whenso many students already feel isol...

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This post is a news and updates thread for the Khan Academy programming contests. To learn more about the contests, please visit the Contests Homepage. If you'd like to receive email notifications ...

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Among the many things affected by Covid-19 last year was the peer evaluation system on Khan Academy. About mid December 2020, Khan Academy discontinued the overburdened feedback queue. However, ...

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These are turbulent times, and by a look of things, Khan Academy has been a safe anchor point for more students than usual. In mid-July, Pamela let us know that there had been, on an average, 70% m...

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Currently, most students get peer evaluation within a day on the official Intro to JS projects. This applies to “What’s for Dinner?” and “Ad Design”, which make up the bulk of the delivered project...

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We'd like to highlight the generosity of some of the Khan Academy students during the holiday. Project evaluation on Khan Academy is a community effort, and it's an effort that is unequally shared....

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It's the summer holiday in the Northern hemisphere, and some of the KA students have been heating up their PCs to help out with the evaluation queue! During the last week we've seen the queue reduc...

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Holidays, especially shorter ones, can increase the evaluation queue by days. Fewer projects are delivered, but unsurprisingly the number of students and teachers who take the time to give student ...