Khan Academy is a nonprofit, founded in 2008, offering a free online learning platform with videos, interactive exercises, and articles from kindergarten through early college for learners, teachers, and parents worldwide.
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organisation founded in 2008 that provides free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Its online learning platform offers thousands of interactive exercises, videos, and articles covering subjects from kindergarten through early college, including math, science, grammar, history, AP, and SAT. The platform supports self-paced learning both in and out of the classroom and serves students, teachers, and parents.
The organisation reports over 181 million registered learners across 190 countries. Its content library spans K-12, higher education, and test preparation, and is also used as a supplemental resource by teachers and for home learning. A particular focus of its mission is serving learners in historically under-resourced communities.
Khan Academy's team is drawn from academia, traditional and non-traditional education, big technology companies, and small startups. The organisation states that transforming education starts in-house, with employees learning about themselves and their colleagues. Technical work centres on its online learning platform, interactive exercises, educational video content, digital educational content, and personalised self-paced learning.
