Sal Khan
Sal Khan

Rather than saying, 'I can't do this,' 'Sesame Street' encourages us to say, 'I can't do this... yet!' That one word changes everything. It emphasizes that your capability isn't fixed. It highlights the reality that our brain is like a muscle.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

As my kids grow up, I think a lot about the lessons and values I want to impart to them. More than any particular skill or even financial support, I believe perseverance and resilience will serve them best, regardless of what curveball life inevitably throws them.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

We don't believe that you should ever replace physical education. Even in a thousand years, a computer will never be able to do so.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

I never viewed technology as a replacement for the human experience. I viewed it as something that could liberate the human experience.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

You only have so much time in the day, and you only have so many working years. Where do you want to invest that life?

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

Louisiana was as close to South Asia as the United States could get: it had spicy food, humidity, giant cockroaches, and a corrupt government.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

I am personally an idealist. I was lucky enough to follow my dreams in my own life, so you should definitely follow your dreams.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

Our mission at Khan Academy is a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere, and college readiness is a crucial part of that. We want to help as many students as possible prepare for college and for life, and since the SAT measures preparedness for college, our partnership with the College Board is a natural fit.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

The reason the gifted students of the world like Khan Academy is because we don't say, 'Memorize this formula,' but say, 'Let's try to derive it from core principles,' or, 'I forgot my trig identity, so I'm going to just try to prove this to you.'

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

If high-quality content can be effectively delivered via technology, teachers can devote more time to creating innovative experiences, leading Socratic dialogs, or coaching students one-on-one in more targeted and focused interventions.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

Education should be a fundamental human right.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

As technology plays a major role inside and outside the classroom, we want to make sure education innovation is accessible.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

I grew up with plenty of smart people. They would beat me at chess; they could solve brain teasers before I could, but then they would struggle in algebra. These were incredibly smart people who simply did not have the foundation in math that I had.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

A good traditional conceptual instruction is what I got from my better professors at MIT. They would be at a chalkboard, and they would literally be explaining something and working through a problem, but it wasn't rote. They were explaining the underlying theory and processes and intuition behind it.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

In Idaho, we hope to see educators using Khan Academy to individualize their instruction. Instead of a one-size-fits-all lesson, teachers will be able to focus their attention on specific students who are struggling while the rest of the class engages with material appropriate for them.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

When I used to try and describe what the Khan Academy was, I would tell people that if it were a for-profit, I would be on the cover of 'Forbes.'

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

No one goes on a direct path, even though it sometimes feels like your peers might be racing ahead. Everyone's trying to figure it out. But if you just put yourself out there, step out of your comfort zone, establish yourself in terms of skills, mentorship, but leave space for your passions, then you're going to turn out pretty well.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

Suffice it to say that our over-reliance on testing is based largely on habit, wishful thinking, and leaps of faith.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

A lot of times, when kids have problems with algebra or trigonometry, it has nothing to do with the subject matter, has nothing to do with their innate intelligence. It's just they that they had some gaps in elementary school that they never got to fill in.

Sal Khan
Sal Khan

I went to a fairly normal, middle-of-the-road public school in a suburb of New Orleans, but it gave me huge opportunities.