There was once a man who had three daughters, and they were all married to trolls, who lived underground. One day the man thought that he would pay them a visit, and his wife gave him some dry bread to eat by the way. After he had walked some distance he grew both tired and [...]

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Rey was sleeping soundly in class again until, “Ms. Smith!” Mrs. Beck said angrily and insultingly. “Yo Madam! So, uh, what did I missed?” And after that, the bell rang and the last thing Mrs. Beck told Rey is “Office! Now!” Rey’s eyes rolled and disobeyed the teacher again. She saw Sarah then. “Yo Sarah! [...]

Long, long ago, in a town named Esher, there lived a small girl named Balthilda. She lived in a small hut nearby the woods with her parents. Her father was a very hard working woodcutter. Every morning, her father would leave to the woods quite early and would return only after sunset. But every other [...]

“Who was that guy and the girl?” Stephanie whispered to my ear at the science lab. “I dunno, but they looked weird” I replied unpleasantly “Weird? Hey, that guy is handsome looking…I wish that I can go out with him” Stephanie said while taking down some note’s… “Hmmm” I just nodded because I was shocked [...]

“Jazz what the hell are you doing there?” I heard my mom shouting from upstairs with her soft cold voice. “Nothing mom just hanging out” i replied her in a hurry because i was excited to check our new home. It was the first day at our new home at middlesex. My name is Jasmine [...]

In 1979 I had major conflict with a teacher who turned my world upside down inside out. Although I played sports almost all of my academic life, I was also passionate about forensics, or what later became known as speech class (i.e. oratory, debate, etc.) This was one of those pivotal moments in life where [...]

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at [...]

On the 3000 block of Ridge Avenue in North Philadelphia stands a beautiful mural. I remember passing by this mural several years ago. The wind swept me backwards and I tripped over a broken street curb, falling straight unto the hard, grainy earth. I looked around, and suddenly I see Malcolm X with his horn [...]

The Khan Academy is all about using video to explain the world, so what better way to explain the Khan Academy than through videos. If you watch four or five of the videos below, you should have a pretty good idea of how we got started and how we hope to empower everyone, everywhere with [...]