
Stand Together Trust, part of the Stand Together community, immediately saw the value of Schoolhouse.world, too. Sal’s innovative solution to the crisis? Create Schoolhouse.world, a global learning community to enable anyone, anywhere to give or get free tutoring. With Khan Academy, Sal blazed a trail toward individualized education, empowering large numbers of students to choose their own learning path.


But students from all backgrounds would benefit from it. He also knew it could benefit students for years to come. He knew this peer-to-peer tutoring approach could make a difference during the pandemic. Beyond offering free high-quality tutoring, he also wanted to inspire students to become tutors themselves. Sal had a name from the start: Schoolhouse.world.

As the founder of Khan Academy, an online platform providing world-class education to more than 120 million registered users worldwide, he decided to launch a free tutoring platform. The education innovator came up with a plan the moment the pandemic struck.
