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I do not yet have kids, but shit like this is why i already have a bank account saving money for private school. This move will not produce more equality - quite the opposite. All those whose parents can afford it will be in private school learning Algebra, and the rest will be left behind.

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This is already happening in a significant way. See also: why funding schools with property taxes is objectively evil.

The only mitigating factor is Khan Academy and its surrounding ecosystem. A motivated learner with internet access can excel in spite of the school system.

Ugh, the "incorruptibles" fallacy but in a different format.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! So and so came from a violent environment with food scarcity, and THEY succeeded, so you can too!" - Nevermind that that person's environment produces generation after generation of poverty (hence, "cycle") and violence.

Khan Academy mitigates nothing - it's a structural failure.

Tens of millions of students and 240,000 thousand teachers in 50 countries. Hopefully one day I can achieve such failure.

https://khanacademyannualreport.org/

https://www.khanacademy.org/donate

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