
And my wife and I looked at our finances.

2009 was frankly where all of the stuff that I had created, including the videos, were now reaching 50 to 100,000 folks. 2005, 2006 I started making software for them so that they had a chance to practice. It all started in 2004, I was tutoring cousins. If you have a shot of being able to live your life as a protagonist in a movie, or as a protagonist in a science fiction book, go for it.” In This Episode: Delusional optimism In this conversation, we explore his unique approach to life, learning, entrepreneurship, and changing the world through the transformative power of education. Sal has an extraordinary mind and his purpose is clear. Sal has three degrees from MIT, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and most recently founded the Khan Lab School, a nonprofit brick-and-mortar private school in Mountain View, CA working to bring Sal’s vision of a mastery-based, blended learning system to life. Since its inception in 2008, Khan Academy has helped teach hundreds of millions of students around the world through their adaptive online learning platform. This week’s conversation is with Sal Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. To learn more about this platform and all available services, please visit. The MDE would like to encourage you to share this information with parents and students in your school. Identifying students who might be in need of interventions or extra support, and reaching out to them and their parents and sharing this free resource.Asking students to spend 45 minutes each week on Schoolhouse.world to fill-in where learning gaps might occur or to prepare for upcoming exams.

Feel free to use these flyers for those who need tutoring and those who may want to become tutors themselves.


The MDE, through the Academic Education Office, is excited to share with schools a free tutoring platform for middle and high school students in Mississippi that need math and SAT/ACT supports.
