Learn at home, study at school? According to this story by The Wall Street Journal, it's the way to do things nowadays to optimize education! The Khan Academy provides online lectures in math, science, and economics to students at home, and enables them to come to school prepared with questions about homework. That way, instructors can filter through information that students already know to give help where it's truly needed. It's an interesting idea...though the concept of teaching to a classroom of kids is age-old and probably won't go out of style for quite some time.
Salman Khan's project, the Khan Academy, is really something - an innovative site that enables students all over the country to learn Calculus, Algebra 2, Chemistry, you name it, through interactive videos and live web-based lectures. Salman and his site act as home-based, free tutors for middle and high school students, who are then better prepared to excel in school. "Slow" students become "advanced" in a matter of weeks...Projects such as those of Salman Khan give a new definition to student success. Check out this video of how technology works in favor of non-traditional education.
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