A New Approach To Education

I’ve been watching a recent series of TED videos – the top videos from 2011. And all the way at #2 was a video by Salman Khan on rethinking education. After a few minutes I was hooked. What a brilliant concept. Instead of having kids bored in school, listening to lecture after lecture, they watch “lectures” on YouTube. Then classroom time is spent working with the teacher and other students to understand the concepts. Take a look…