To: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Department of Education: Educate everyone with online video website.
The US Government should provide FREE education in the form of online videos. Every academic topic should be thoroughly covered at all levels and in an organized way. This will be huge benefit for students, teachers, and everyone else. This is the cheapest way to make us smarter and more competitive.
Why is this important?
The concept of having free, instructional videos on a wide range of academic subjects delivered in a systematic and entertaining way is a wonderful idea. Khan Academy is at the head of class. In Salman Khan’s* own words, “With over 3,100 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.”
This website is a national treasure. Check it out. http://www.khanacademy.org/
With the full resources of the United States government, libraries, and teachers around the country, an American Academy website could have more than a million videos, by a variety of teachers, covering the full range of human knowledge.
In order for all American citizens to have the chance to compete in a global economy, start successful businesses, or have meaningful careers in the future, they need to have access to the world’s knowledge in a systematic, accessible, understandable, and entertaining fashion. This website, www.AmericanAcademy.gov**, would help students, teachers, and lifelong learners.
Of course, the world will have access to American Academy. I believe that the more people know about the world, the more chances we have to solve the world’s problems.
* I have not contacted the folks at Khan Academy, nor am I in any way affiliated with them.
** The name of the website is not important, but the concept is.