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- Hi everyone, it's Sal here from Khan Academy.
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I am back in the walk-in closet
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where Khan Academy all began, socially distanced.
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Obviously the entire globe is going through
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a very unusual crisis right now, and as part of that crisis,
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people are worried about three things.
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They're worried about their health,
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both physical and mental health,
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they are worried about the economy,
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and then they're worried about how do we ensure
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that kids can keep learning with now nearly a billion kids
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that otherwise would be in school are now out of school
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in order to protect people from this virus.
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All of us here at Khan Academy, as a not for profit
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with a mission of providing a free world class education
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for anyone, anywhere, recognize that it's our duty
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to step up in this crisis.
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We never could have foreseen this type of situation,
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but we want to be there to support you, support students,
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parents, teachers to get us through this situation.
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We've always been working on resources
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starting from pre-K with Khan Academy Kids
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that covers math, reading, writing,
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social/emotional learning, all the way through
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the main Khan Academy website and app
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that goes from kindergarten through the core of college,
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including middle school and high school
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in math, English language arts, the sciences.
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We have history, economics.
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We also have official SAT practice for you.
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But as we saw the school closures begin to happen
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over the last few days and now it's accelerating,
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we realize that we need to do more,
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so on top of that we are publishing resources
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for parents, for students, for teachers
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to be able to understand how to navigate the situation.
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Just recently we published schedules
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so that students, parents and teachers
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can structure students' days,
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and there's different schedules for students
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of different age groups.
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And we are doing daily live streams
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so that in this time of social distancing,
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we all can feel connected and make sure
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that we're there to support each other.
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The team here at Khan Academy is very focused
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on making sure we can support you all through this crisis.
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We're seeing the server load increase,
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and so the engineering team is reassuring me
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that we think we have it.
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We're also exploring other ways that we can support you,
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and we're looking at ways that we can get
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more help for folks, things like that.
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I will remind folks that we are not for profit.
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Even before this crisis, we were operating
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at a bit of a deficit, and so if you're in the position,
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especially as our demands on our server
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and our costs are going up as people use us more,
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if you are in a position, I hope you could think about
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supporting us philanthropically.
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I want to really thank Bank of America.
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Just over this past weekend they stepped up.
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They realized that our costs were going up,
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that we had to have a better response effort,
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so they have helped us there, but we need more help.
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For any of you all out there who are in a position,
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whether individual or corporation,
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if you're finding use out of the resources we're providing,
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please think about making a donation to Khan Academy.
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It will allow us to support the nation and the world
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as we go through this very, very unusual crisis together.
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Last but not least, I just want to say
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as one human being talking to another,
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this is a new frontier for all of us,
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but I've been very heartened by the humanity
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that I'm seeing in everyone.
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Everyone is just trying to help everyone else
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as a human being, and I'm confident
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that if we just do the next right thing,
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one step after another, that we're all going to be able
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to get each other through this situation.
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Thank you.
