" I think of this book as a dream of Khan's. I do think it has some ideas for practical applications but on a large scale I find it hard to believe that this can be the future of education. The biggest obstacle is motivation for students. Khan doesn't address how to motivate students in general, he believes that all students are motivated in some area and without being disciplined and will engage in online videos of mathematics on their own. I certainly don't think this will happen, for instance, I had many types of mathematics software as a child. But given the choice to work on the software or go play with a friend of mine, I would most certainly play with my friend every time. In his book, Khan suggests an enormous school house where students of all ages are let loose to play with each other and at the same time learn about english, geography, mathematics etc. But nowhere does he address the possibility of all the kids, not engaging with the coursework but instead just having a day long recess. I enjoyed the book, but again, at this point the book is not exactly a guide to education, it is more of a dream that needs to be thought out a bit more carefully. I will take some good points from it, such as trying to engage my students more instead of having them passively listening to every lecture. "
— Dina, 1/31/2014