Khan Academy Now Reaches More than 10 Million Students - Education News

Salman Khan thinks of himself as a disruptor. The Internet has turned many an industry on its ear, and education is due for a shakeup, too. The only question is why it has taken so long for digital technology to penetrate academia. The answer is about reach. The academic revolution needed to wait until broadband penetrated more homes in both U.S. and the world. Now that many students have broadband at home and carry mini-computers in their pockets in the form of smartphones and tablets, people like Khan are pouncing, and the public is increasingly receptive to it. http://www.educationnews.org/online-schools/khan-academy-now-reaches-more-than-10-million-students/