![]() ![]() “The old classroom model simply doesn’t fit our changing needs,” says Khan. Khan is out to challenge long-held assumptions and rethink how we teach and learn. The Academy’s online material, which is available at no charge, is now part of the curriculum in 20,000 classrooms around the world They take interactive quizzes, get computerized feedback and earn badges. Today, six million students of all ages watch the Khan Academy’s 3,400 no frills digital blackboard videos every month. The academy’s founder is 36-year-old Salman Khan, an MIT and Harvard grad who was working as a hedge fund manager by day and posting 10-minute math tutorials on YouTube at night to tutor his niece. The Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to deliver a free education to anyone, anywhere. And the Khan Academy could be a big part of the solution. When it comes to helping more kids make sense of math and stay engaged at school, we all have skin in the game. High skilled workers for high skilled and paying jobs will be at a premium.Īnd Hamilton won’t fire on all cylinders if one in three adults and four in 10 kids in Central Hamilton continuing to live in poverty. We need every one of those students to make an outsized contribution when they join the workforce at the back end of the next decade. How well those Grade 3 students fulfill their potential will go a long way to deciding the future of Hamilton. ![]() Brilliance isn’t restricted by postal code. ![]() While there’s significant spread in scores between the two schools, the kids have exactly the same unlimited potential. The score’s slightly higher among Grade 6 students at 35 per cent. That’s 19 percentage points higher than the average for all schools in the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board and 11 percentage points above the provincial average.īut just a short drive away in Central Hamilton, only 20 per cent of Grade 3 students at Cathy Wever are at or above the provincial standard for math. ![]() Allan in West Hamilton, 79 per cent of Grade 3 students are at or above the provincial standard for mathematics. There’s a gap in Hamilton that we need to close in a hurry.Īt George R. ![]()
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