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Rachel Skiffer on collaborative learning environments
Khan Lab School’s Head of School, Rachel Skiffer joins Sal on Homeroom. They’ll discuss collaborative learning environments, best practices in distance learning & answer questions. Khan Academy is a non-profit organization with a mission of providing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. You can support our work by going to khanacademy.org/donate.
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Mellody Hobson on investing in the market during Covid-19
Looking for advice about managing your personal finances during this unprecedented time? Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President of Ariel Investments, joins Sal to share her perspective on the markets and the importance of financial literacy.
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What I love most about the refreshed high school geometry course
By Charlotte Auen Salutations! My name is Charlotte, and I’m part of the US mathematics content team at Khan Academy. When I was using Khan Academy with my own high school geometry students, I loved many aspects of the course, but there were parts where my students and I wished we could dig deeper. My students loved how Khan Academy let them show what they knew in a few problems and showed just how to solve the questions where they were still learning. However, they had to look elsewhere for practice in key geometry skills like writing proofs. So, I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve updated our high school geometry course for this school year! Here are some of the ways we’re bringing the concepts of reasoning and justification—which in geometry means explaining why you are sure something is true—to the forefront and tightening our focus so students have just…
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