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Being a billionaire is sort of passe.
Education should be a fundamental human right.
One cannot be dogmatic about the right solution.
Education has to be more than tests and formulas.
Every school is different and serves different populations.
My father's side of the family was very active in education.
Teachers' unions don't act in the interest of most teachers.
Great people are attracted to great people and great visions.
A one-size-fits-all lecture is not the way to go about education.
I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.
I hope I could spend the rest of my life learning and communicating.
The answer is pretty clear that your intelligence can actually be changed.
Our goal with Khan Academy Kids is to inspire a life-long love of learning.
The single most important personal finance decision you make is your career.
I love Victorian novels, the way they capture the nuances of the human condition.
There are things you can get in that physical experience you cannot get virtually.
Just as computer science is missing from our school system, so is science fiction.
I've already got a beautiful wife, a great son, and a house. What else do you need?
If you're going to charge someone for something, you have to show them value for it.
Sometimes I think people confuse rote learning with traditional conceptual instruction.
I'm not the kind to hang out on Facebook or Twitter or even talk on the cellphone, really.
I've learned that certain things are much harder than when you write about them in a book.
I'm starting a virtual school for the world, teaching things the way I wanted to be taught.
We want to make access to a world-class education like clean drinking water or electricity.
At the end of the day, what matters is whether your product works and whether people like it.
Education is not an end to itself. You need to know algebra but also how to navigate the world.
I always wanted to start a school. I talked about it in college - but I didn't do anything about it.
We're so used to the tests telling me if I'm smart or not. It's telling me if I know the material or not.
I'm actually a bit of a technophobe, which surprises people. I like to stay unplugged as much as possible.
India, with one of the largest education systems in the world, has always been a priority for Khan Academy.
There is too much acceptance of people saying, 'I am a math person, or I am an artsy person.' It makes me cringe.
My parents separated when I was two, and then my father passed away, so I never really knew that side of the family.
Suffice it to say that our over-reliance on testing is based largely on habit, wishful thinking, and leaps of faith.
You only have so much time in the day, and you only have so many working years. Where do you want to invest that life?
I went to a fairly normal, middle-of-the-road public school in a suburb of New Orleans, but it gave me huge opportunities.
As technology plays a major role inside and outside the classroom, we want to make sure education innovation is accessible.
One's perception of themselves has a much bigger role than has been acknowledged to determine who succeeds and who does not.
I am personally an idealist. I was lucky enough to follow my dreams in my own life, so you should definitely follow your dreams.
We don't believe that you should ever replace physical education. Even in a thousand years, a computer will never be able to do so.
I never viewed technology as a replacement for the human experience. I viewed it as something that could liberate the human experience.
I'm the 'Dear Abby' of math problems. But if you understand something, shouldn't you be able to explain it? Isn't that the whole point?
Many of the best teachers I know are being laid off because their unions value seniority over intellect, passion, creativity, and drive.
Louisiana was as close to South Asia as the United States could get: it had spicy food, humidity, giant cockroaches, and a corrupt government.
When I used to try and describe what the Khan Academy was, I would tell people that if it were a for-profit, I would be on the cover of 'Forbes.'
Far too many bright, motivated kids are being badly served by their educational experiences - ones at elite, wealthy schools as well as underfunded ones.
My personal narrative - I was lucky early on in my career to have some really strong mentors. I didn't realize it at the time, but that's what really built me up.
Creating a clear and engaging video explanation of a complex concept is a great way to demonstrate mastery and to help others understand and love the subject, too.
Kids and adults alike are having their curiosity drained away by boredom in class or the workplace, and by the unremitting background noise of a dumbed-down pop culture.
It's definitely important to have a vision, to have kind of a sense of what might be possible, but not to be dogmatic about your beliefs about the way something has to be done.
I learned from my peers, and I learned from doing projects, and I learned from mentors, but I learned very little from lectures, and I've talked about how little I attended them.