Khan Academy on 60 Minutes

Its amazing to see Sal Khan and Khan Academy getting all the press and attention they're getting. Given they propelled the latest ed-tech revolution... Codecademy, Udacity, Udemy, Coursera, Bloc, and countless other startups owe a lot to Sal for a lot of inspiration.<p>Exciting times for life-long learners.

This will do wonders for the home-schoolers and allow kids to have flexible school hours. You could also have all of the students in one big location and only the teachers move as students need them, except for situations that require specialized locations. ie gym, band, art, lunch.

The segment on Khan Academy was a good one. Khan's vision of a free world-class education seems like it has real potential at home and in school systems if they adopt it. I wish it was around when I was a kid.

I'm most excited to see them iterate on the videos themselves.<p>The videos are already excellent, of course, but there's incredible potential to increase their production value. By combining a director's ability to grab and hold on to viewer's attention, with the narrative power of a great writer, hundreds of concepts could be explained in ways that were both subtle and highly compelling.<p>... the thought of Khan Academy collaborating with, say, Pixar, sends shivers down my spine.

I like Khan Academy.<p>However, the way the story is told:<p>"Hedge fund analyist makes something Gates' kids use"<p>seems staged.<p>I am probably wrong, life imitates art.