A decade ago, Sal Khan envisioned using technology to tailor education to individual and community needs.
Even programs designed to reduce inequities in education, finds Abl founder and executive chairman Adam Pisoni, often end up exacerbating those very inequities because of how deeply inequality is baked into the US educational system. While the system may now be at a breaking point due to COVID-19, he adds, there is also a massive opportunity to remind ourselves of the extraordinary value of public education, and find the collective cultural motivation to change.