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Salman Khan: From closet to classroom, BBC, 26.6.2012 (Video + tekstitiivistelmä)

Its rise has been quick, already trialled officially in 25 Californian high schools and big names in the technology industry have already put their names and their finances behind it.

The biggest ones are Google and the Gates Foundation.

"Sal Khan is a true education pioneer," Gates wrote in Time, following Khan's inclusion in the magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world.

"He started by posting a math lesson but his impact on education might truly be incalculable."

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At Oakland Unity High School, one of the schools trialling the technology, it has already seen a 42% boost in maths test scores.

"It's very different from a traditional classroom," says Halle Berg, maths teacher at Unity High School.

"It's not me driving the class, telling everybody where to go next. I'm more of a support person for the students, guiding them, helping them figure out what direction they should be going in."