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the official s.a.t. practice is created in cooperation with the board. sal khan, thanks for being here today. >> great to be here. >> for those who aren't familiar, what is the khan
the official s.a.t. practice is created in cooperation with the board. sal khan, thanks for being here today. >> great to be here. >> for those who aren't familiar, what is the khan
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the official s.a.t. practice is created in cooperation with the board. sal khan, thanks for being here today. >> great to be here. >> for those who aren't familiar, what is the khan academy. >> we're not for profit with the mission of providing a free world class education for anyone. we have thousands of videos, actually now in many languages and interactive software, students can go there, start at whatever level they, it could be first or second grade and to go to college level humanities and learn anything you want. >> how did you come up with this idea? >> it was a little happenstance, i was analyst at a hedge fund and started tutoring cousins and started making some youtube lessons for them and long story short, they gave me feedback they liked me better on youtube than in person. i took that as a positive feedback and soon became clear who people who weren't my cousins were watching. >> this new practice one will be free. is it your intention to put it into the companies like kaplan and princeton review? >> they are a 100 year organization and the
the official s.a.t. practice is created in cooperation with the board. sal khan, thanks for being here today. >> great to be here. >> for those who aren't familiar, what is the khan academy. >> we're not for profit with the mission of providing a free world class education for anyone. we have thousands of videos, actually now in many languages and interactive software, students can go there, start at whatever level they, it could be first or second grade and to go to college...
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the flaying field for college hopefuls. >> high schooler can get help preparing for the s.a.t. for free. >> this is the page that students will see when they come to the officialactice. >> reporter: a new s.a.t. study program just went online, it is run jointly by the con academy and the college board which administers the test. the partnership is going produce the best prep course available and it is all for free. >> in the past, you know a student may have had to pay a lot to get access. but now we have the best resources working with the folks to make the tests themselves. >> and we are really excited that this is getting equal access to the resources that need to be successful. >> reporter: some at this high school in east san jose, it is an example of what the prep courses can do. the small charter school has built s.a.t. practice into the curriculum and it is one of the reason all of the seniors have been accepted into a four year college. >> i think these online courses are going to you know, really give us a level playing field in our communities. >> reporter: kpix5. >>> coming up, it is hard to think about anything wrong with this adorable puppy. but
the flaying field for college hopefuls. >> high schooler can get help preparing for the s.a.t. for free. >> this is the page that students will see when they come to the officialactice. >> reporter: a new s.a.t. study program just went online, it is run jointly by the con academy and the college board which administers the test. the partnership is going produce the best prep course available and it is all for free. >> in the past, you know a student may have had to pay a...
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the bottom of a cart at broadrun high. today school officials hand delivers those tests to the college board in princeton, new jersey and it sounds like s.a.t. officials will validate them. >>> it's a slippery slope, coming up. the fight between prince george's county and the homeowners devastated by the so- called slope failure. >>> also coming up, say goodbye to bruce jenner and hello >>> severe weather still moving through our area even as we speak. take a look at this video from sky 9 from a little earlier this afternoon. you can see how the clouds just opened up, dropping buckets and buckets of rain over leesburg and sterling. a few strong storms still out there. topper is tracking where they're headed. the updated forecast in just minutes. >>> a judge said no to installing vibration meters at the homes involved in that catastrophic slope failure a year ago. the county says it needs those vibration meters installed for construction safety and it sued so they can do this ask start construction a week from today. they also sued to take over and demolish several homes. the homeowners say they are stunned things have gone this far. >> it's
the bottom of a cart at broadrun high. today school officials hand delivers those tests to the college board in princeton, new jersey and it sounds like s.a.t. officials will validate them. >>> it's a slippery slope, coming up. the fight between prince george's county and the homeowners devastated by the so- called slope failure. >>> also coming up, say goodbye to bruce jenner and hello >>> severe weather still moving through our area even as we speak. take a look at...
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the s.a.t. >>> reporter: >> so this is the page that students will see when they first come to official s.a.t. practice on khan academy. >> reporter: a new s.a.t. study program just went online. it's run jointly by the khan academy and the college board which administers the scholastic aptitude test. the partnership promises to produce the most authentic prep course available anywhere and it's all for free. >> in the past, you know, a student may have had to pay a lot to get access to a special test prep course but now, we have the best resources working with the folks who make the tests themselves out there for anyone. >> so we're really excited that this gives students equal access to the resources that they need to be successful because that's something we believe in too. >> reporter: summit rainier high school is one example of what s.a.t. prep courses can do. the small charter school built s.a.t. practice into its curriculum and it's one of the reasons why every high school senior has been accepted into a four-year college. parents hope success becomes the norm. >> i think these online co
the s.a.t. >>> reporter: >> so this is the page that students will see when they first come to official s.a.t. practice on khan academy. >> reporter: a new s.a.t. study program just went online. it's run jointly by the khan academy and the college board which administers the scholastic aptitude test. the partnership promises to produce the most authentic prep course available anywhere and it's all for free. >> in the past, you know, a student may have had to pay a lot...
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the proposed settlesment will go to a judge tomorrow for final approval. >>> about 16,000 maryland students who took the s.a.t. this month might want to take it again. college board officialsint led some students to have more time answering questions. this means the testing organization will not score parts of the reading and math sections, but it says students' overall scores will be valid. the error has spurred lots of lawsuits and credit such all over the country. students have the option of taking the s.a.t. again free of charge. >>> does it seem a little zen out there to you? >> yes. >> maybe because this is the first international yoga day. millions of people breathed and stretched in parks, squares and classrooms across the world even in the middle of times square. the u.n. named june 21st as the international day of yoga to promote the of that ancient practice. there you have it. >>> things got a little sticky in avon, ohio, this weekend. >> that's where dozens of heartists and hundreds of spectators -- artists and hundreds of spectators showed up to take part in the weekend duct tape craft festival. the father's day tradition has been going strong more than a deca
the proposed settlesment will go to a judge tomorrow for final approval. >>> about 16,000 maryland students who took the s.a.t. this month might want to take it again. college board officialsint led some students to have more time answering questions. this means the testing organization will not score parts of the reading and math sections, but it says students' overall scores will be valid. the error has spurred lots of lawsuits and credit such all over the country. students have the...
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s.a.t. study guides, courses and private tutors, not everyone can afford that. now that may be a thing of the past. >> this is the page that students will see when they first come to official s.a.t. practice on chan academy. >> reporter: it's run joint buy by the khan academy and the college board which administrators the scholastic aptitude test. the partnership promises to produce the most authentic prep course available anywhere for free. >> in the past, you know, a student may have had to pay a lot to get access to a special test prep course but now, we have the best resources working with the folks who make the tests themselves out there for anyone. >> we're real excited that this gives students equal access to the resources to be successful. >> reporter: summit rainier high school in east san jose is one example of what s.a.t. prep courses can do. the small charter school has built s.a.t. practice into its curriculum and it's one of the reasons why each of its high school seniors has been accepted into a four- year college. parents hope success becomes the norm. >> i think these online courses are going to, you know, really give us a level playing field for some of o
s.a.t. study guides, courses and private tutors, not everyone can afford that. now that may be a thing of the past. >> this is the page that students will see when they first come to official s.a.t. practice on chan academy. >> reporter: it's run joint buy by the khan academy and the college board which administrators the scholastic aptitude test. the partnership promises to produce the most authentic prep course available anywhere for free. >> in the past, you know, a student...
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the impact they could have in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert storm forecast. >>> plus this. students left in limbo. officials have found a problem with the s.a.t.aken over the weekend. how it could affect students' scores. that's coming up at 5:00. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 13th get a $400 visa prepaid card when you sign a 2 year agreement. go to getfios.com. cable just gives you channels. fios gives you choice. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> crowds clashed with police creating chaos at a concert in north jersey over the weekend. police arrested 61 people. ten new jersey state troopers were injured in this clash outside the hot summer jam concert at metlife stadium. the arrests came after police tried to climb fences and push past security to get into th
the impact they could have in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert storm forecast. >>> plus this. students left in limbo. officials have found a problem with the s.a.t.aken over the weekend. how it could affect students' scores. that's coming up at 5:00. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99...
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the suspects got away. they're city free as of this morning. >>> roughly 16,000 maryland high school students have been affected by a printing error on this month's s.a.t. exams. college board officials say the misprint erroneously gave students additional time to answer questions on the standardized test. the exam was administered to students june 6. those sections affected will not be counted. students who took the misprinted exam will be able to retake the test at no additional cost. >>> yesterday was father's day and if you went online, you may have noticed social media was lighting up with friends and celebrities alike sharing well wishes to their fathers. >> we have more on a very special post, definitely a touching tribute. >> paul walker's daughter, paul walker the star of fast and furious who died in november 2013 in a car crash. his daughter med toe post add tweet -- meadow posted a sweet picture of him. she does this a lot. it brings us back and lets us know he was a real person, a dad. she shares all these precious throwback pictures. he's really missed. he's one of those guys that everyone you talk to said he was the nicest guy and the best dad. >> is she a teenager? >>
the suspects got away. they're city free as of this morning. >>> roughly 16,000 maryland high school students have been affected by a printing error on this month's s.a.t. exams. college board officials say the misprint erroneously gave students additional time to answer questions on the standardized test. the exam was administered to students june 6. those sections affected will not be counted. students who took the misprinted exam will be able to retake the test at no additional...
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the green area. >>> city officials are hoping this new payment structure will help ease traffic congestion and free up more spaces. >>> the college board who missed time when they took the s.a.ttest booklet said it had 25 minutes and the instructor's panel had only 20 minutes. it could impact high school seniors who plan to apply to college early. it is worth noting the first s.a.t. was administered today in 1926. the test streamlined the process for college applications. previously students had to take a different test for each college they applied to. the s.a.t. was adapted from the iq test from the army during world war i. check out the simple math question in the first exam. if a package containing 20 cigarettes is 15 cents how many cigarettes could be bought for 90 cents? the answer was 120. >>> if cheryl starts ten minutes later and rides ten miles an hour later, how long till she catches up with larry? >>> an nba champion talks about his journey with some lucky students today in the east boy. what he told them about his success getting to the nba. we spend a lot of time online around here. but with all this speed from xfinity, it's all good. hey, why don't we do some h
the green area. >>> city officials are hoping this new payment structure will help ease traffic congestion and free up more spaces. >>> the college board who missed time when they took the s.a.ttest booklet said it had 25 minutes and the instructor's panel had only 20 minutes. it could impact high school seniors who plan to apply to college early. it is worth noting the first s.a.t. was administered today in 1926. the test streamlined the process for college applications....
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officials have found a problem on some of the s.a.t. exams. how it could affect students who took the test this past weekend. >>> there's a new question stumping people when it comes to the s.a.t.s. what happens next? it turns out there was a printing error in the standard testbooks given to students on saturday. the students' test book said they had 25 minutes to complete a section while the manual said they had only 20 minutes. the college board says this is a critical issue and is working to ensure fairness. >>> if you have high cholesterol, there might soon be a new drug available for you. the fda will decide wednesday whether or not it will be approved. it is an injectable drug different than a statin. the fda says it's the first advance in lowering bad cholesterol or ldl in more than 20 years. 73 million americans live with high ldl cholesterol that doubles the risk for heart disease. >>> new tonight, scientists from penn and rutgers found taking cholesterol-lowering medication doesn't cause short-term memory loss. researchers say when p
officials have found a problem on some of the s.a.t. exams. how it could affect students who took the test this past weekend. >>> there's a new question stumping people when it comes to the s.a.t.s. what happens next? it turns out there was a printing error in the standard testbooks given to students on saturday. the students' test book said they had 25 minutes to complete a section while the manual said they had only 20 minutes. the college board says this is a critical issue and is...