by Michael Gelbart, the DTF for the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS)
Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, recently published his first book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. The book discusses a variety of topics such as the history of education, educational theory, the development of the Khan Academy itself, and criticisms of the current school system. Then, towards the end of the book, Khan introduces his own opinions about what schools should look like. In his view, classes should have 75-100 students with several teachers per class, students of all ages should be mixed together, there should be no boundaries between different disciplines, students should spend 1-2 hours with an educational software such as Khan Academy, and the majority of the day should be reserved for creative exploration.
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