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Coffee with BS: How 'free thinker' Sal Khan is pushing all boundaries

Anjuli Bhargava writes how Khan is bringing every student on the planet into his fold

Sal Khan, Khan Academy
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Anjuli Bhargava
In February 2020, as the pandemic took grip and Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, watched school after school down its shutters, he recalls thinking: “Well, I guess this is us.”
 
If students couldn’t attend classes in person, they and their parents were bound to look for something familiar, compre­hensive and trusted to ensure learning remained uninterrupted. Khan Academy, a not-for-profit that aims to educate students for free through online content globally, was an obvious choice for many.
 
From 30 million learning minutes, Khan and his team watched as the learning minutes on their platform shot up to