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Microsoft, Khan Academy Partner to Make Khanmigo Teaching Tool Free

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Re: Microsoft, Khan Academy Partner to Make Khanmigo Teaching Tool Free

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I’m curious what teachers unions in the United States will think of this. Presumably any successful outcomes with this will result in a culling, starting with aides and specialists. Add declining enrollment and you have strong incentive.

How is this different in effect from teacher resources like Classroom.com?

Many websites provide teacher packs; this offering is a hyper-customized, always up-to-date version of the same.

Re: Microsoft, Khan Academy Partner to Make Khanmigo Teaching Tool Free

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I’m curious what teachers unions in the United States will think of this. Presumably any successful outcomes with this will result in a culling, starting with aides and specialists. Add declining enrollment and you have strong incentive.

How is this different in effect from teacher resources like Classroom.com? Many websites provide teacher packs; this offering is a hyper-customized, always up-to-date version of the same.

It’s completely different for the reasons you already mentioned. It’s like saying an abacus and a (digital) calculator are the same.
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