Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization on a mission to provide free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
Why you should listen
From humble beginnings as a YouTube channel offering short educational lessons via video, Khan Academy today offers free courses to more than 145 million registered users around the world. The nonprofit provides learning tools for parents, teachers and kids in more than 50 languages, and they partner with school districts across the US that serve historically under-resourced students.
Khan is also the founder of the Khan Lab School, a nonprofit laboratory school in California, and cofounder of both Schoolhouse.world, a nonprofit that offers free tutoring over Zoom, and Khan World School, a nonprofit online high school. He has been profiled by 60 Minutes and was recognized as one of TIME's "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2012.
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A celebrated building turns 50…and other TED news
May 5, 2017
Behold, your recap of TED-related news: Habitat turns 50! First conceptualized in 1961 as part of architect Moshe Safdie’s thesis at McGill University, Habitat 67 has gone on to inspire several generations of architects. Combining high-rise living with community connection, Habitat’s concrete cluster of homes challenged the contemporary notions of apartment complexes and Brutalist architecture. […]
