Thursday, August 2, 2012

A Math Teacher and Dad Comments on Khan Academy (Jerry Brodkey) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

A Math Teacher and Dad Comments on Khan Academy (Jerry Brodkey) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:


A Math Teacher and Dad Comments on Khan Academy (Jerry Brodkey)

Jerry Brodkey teaches at Menlo-Atherton High School in Menlo Park, California. He has been a public secondary school teacher since 1975, and has taught most of the subjects in Social Studies and Mathematics. He now teaches remedial algebra and Advanced Placement Calculus.  His undergraduate degree was from Rice University (BA 1974), and has graduate degrees from Stanford (MA 1976, Ph.D. 1987).
 He has written guest posts on “smart” boards and stress on high school students. Here he comments on the recent post criticizing the Khan Academy including a rebuttal from Khan.
I first heard of the Khan Academy two years ago when one of my Calculus students told me he reviewed