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“Education for Anyone, Anywhere”: World Refugee Day
At Khan Academy we like to celebrate learning, and our mission is “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere”. Today we are calling attention to June 20th being World Refugee Day. The people in this resilient group are a terrific example of our goal of supporting education in the face of barriers for historically under-resourced learners. Many people think of Albert Einstein as a revolutionary scientist. At Khan Academy we also like to think of him as a terrific learner. Today we also remember that Einstein was a refugee of Nazi Germany. Not only did Einstein discover and learn many amazing things, but did so overcoming being forced out of his birthplace. Today millions of people and potential learners face the extremely difficult reality of being forced to flee the places they call home. In these circumstances, the reality is that education, like many things, is a difficult thing to…
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Ed Talks with Barbara Oakley, Phd
How can habit-based learning be the key to education? On Khan Academy Ed Talks, Professor and Author of “Learning How to Learn”, Barbara Oakley, Phd joins Khan Academy Chief Learning Officer, Kristen DiCerbo. They’ll discuss the importance of subconscious and habitual learning. Streamed live on June 15, 2021. Watch the original livestream on YouTube. For more information visit: https://keeplearning.khanacademy.org Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. If you’d like to contribute, please visit: https://www.khanacademy.org/donate
Celebrating Pride: Khan Academy team shares LGBTQ+ individuals who inspire us
June is Pride Month, and we asked the Khan Academy team to share LGBTQ+ individuals who inspire them and make an impact on their communities, from podcasters to lawyers to engineers to animators. Our team members talk about why they are inspired by these people in their own words. Michael Turrentine (he/him), actor, writer, and activist “Michael is the embodiment of the word exuberance! On his podcast How’s Your Heart?, he and his friends talk about queer living with honesty, vulnerability, warmth, and joy. Listening always brings a smile to my face!”Listen to How’s Your Heart? on Apple or Spotify.Follow Michael on Instagram @mturrentine5.—Duo, test prep content team Tatiana Mac (she/they), an independent American engineer “I’ve seen Tatiana Mac speak twice now and both times have been absolutely wonderful. Beyond her speaking, she also created the selfdefined.app, which I’ve used many times to help encourage people to be more inclusive…
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