


Incorporated in 2008, Khan Academy has been hailed as an educational watershed. Education could be much more meritocratic if each student had a living portfolio and could show their learning over time, Ventilla remembers thinking.

Ventilla was inspired to see how technology could support real-world learning when he first saw Khan at a TED Talk a few years ago. One of the most well-known thought leaders in personalized education is Salman Khan, whose nonprofit Khan Academy provides students with free online courses and tutorials. Photo courtesy of AltSchoolĪltSchool’s founder Max Ventilla isn’t alone in his quest to improve the education system. Max Ventilla, founder of AltSchool, runs a physical school based on personalized learning and driven by big data in education.
