Does anyone who has seen it, know if its just left wing junk or Paul Krugman type crap, or is it, actual and accurate and reliable ?
I sampled some of the economics sections and the earlier lessons seemed to be liberal and then as the financial crisis worsened he seemed to become more conservative in his opinions. But again that was a quick impression from a while back.
I’ll be checking the place out. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
This isn’t a homeschooling thread, but an article about a school which trying new approaches to instruction. Homeschooling parents may be interested.
“The problem with this model of instruction is that it leaves behind large gaps in understanding. For A students, it might be a 5% gap, for C students a 30% gap.”
This point in the article really got my attention. When I go through Saxon Math with my kids, it’s a ZERO percent gap that I will tolerate. If they get 70% of the problems right, I will make darn sure they understand the other 30%, not 29%, 30%!!! I’m sure Wintertime does the same - there is no way to get your kids 5 years or more ahead of their age peers by allowing ANYTHING to be missed.
I like this guy. Being on this site as long as I have, I get real suspicious when I see the name Khan. But this guy made a big effort to help his cuz’s, and built from there - he is very, very, cool and I admire him.
Thanks for the info. This appears to be the “Open Source” approach to the “ed biz”. I have long wondered why such a storehouse of “taught subjects” wasn’t available. Why have a not-so-great TEACHER lecturing in front of a classroom, when you can get a GREAT teacher lecturing on video. Let the “not-so-great” lecturer assist with homework, answer questions, etc.
Interesting find.
We’ve been using the lectures to supplement our HS biology work here. Even my preschoolers watch. LOL.