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  • - Hi everyone, it's Sal here from Khan Academy.

  • I am back in the walk-in closet

  • where Khan Academy all began, socially distanced.

  • Obviously the entire globe is going through

  • a very unusual crisis right now, and as part of that crisis,

  • people are worried about three things.

  • They're worried about their health,

  • both physical and mental health,

  • they are worried about the economy,

  • and then they're worried about how do we ensure

  • that kids can keep learning with now nearly a billion kids

  • that otherwise would be in school are now out of school

  • in order to protect people from this virus.

  • All of us here at Khan Academy, as a not for profit

  • with a mission of providing a free world class education

  • for anyone, anywhere, recognize that it's our duty

  • to step up in this crisis.

  • We never could have foreseen this type of situation,

  • but we want to be there to support you, support students,

  • parents, teachers to get us through this situation.

  • We've always been working on resources

  • starting from pre-K with Khan Academy Kids

  • that covers math, reading, writing,

  • social/emotional learning, all the way through

  • the main Khan Academy website and app

  • that goes from kindergarten through the core of college,

  • including middle school and high school

  • in math, English language arts, the sciences.

  • We have history, economics.

  • We also have official SAT practice for you.

  • But as we saw the school closures begin to happen

  • over the last few days and now it's accelerating,

  • we realize that we need to do more,

  • so on top of that we are publishing resources

  • for parents, for students, for teachers

  • to be able to understand how to navigate the situation.

  • Just recently we published schedules

  • so that students, parents and teachers

  • can structure students' days,

  • and there's different schedules for students

  • of different age groups.

  • And we are doing daily live streams

  • so that in this time of social distancing,

  • we all can feel connected and make sure

  • that we're there to support each other.

  • The team here at Khan Academy is very focused

  • on making sure we can support you all through this crisis.

  • We're seeing the server load increase,

  • and so the engineering team is reassuring me

  • that we think we have it.

  • We're also exploring other ways that we can support you,

  • and we're looking at ways that we can get

  • more help for folks, things like that.

  • I will remind folks that we are not for profit.

  • Even before this crisis, we were operating

  • at a bit of a deficit, and so if you're in the position,

  • especially as our demands on our server

  • and our costs are going up as people use us more,

  • if you are in a position, I hope you could think about

  • supporting us philanthropically.

  • I want to really thank Bank of America.

  • Just over this past weekend they stepped up.

  • They realized that our costs were going up,

  • that we had to have a better response effort,

  • so they have helped us there, but we need more help.

  • For any of you all out there who are in a position,

  • whether individual or corporation,

  • if you're finding use out of the resources we're providing,

  • please think about making a donation to Khan Academy.

  • It will allow us to support the nation and the world

  • as we go through this very, very unusual crisis together.

  • Last but not least, I just want to say

  • as one human being talking to another,

  • this is a new frontier for all of us,

  • but I've been very heartened by the humanity

  • that I'm seeing in everyone.

  • Everyone is just trying to help everyone else

  • as a human being, and I'm confident

  • that if we just do the next right thing,

  • one step after another, that we're all going to be able

  • to get each other through this situation.

  • Thank you.

- Hi everyone, it's Sal here from Khan Academy.

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