

Critics take note: Khan Academy is on the move.

While it’s not going to revolutionize education (or even computer science education), the Khan Academy’s new Computer Science program marks a great step forward for the Academy by making the lessons open-ended and tinker-ready. Okay! We get it! Here's a very thoughtful explanation by Minerva's Ari Bader-Natal about why the programming module really rocks-and how Khan can make it even better.

Boy, did you let us have it! Dan Meyer, who has been sharp-tongued about Khan's math curriculum, lavished praise on Khan's programming modules, calling them "really something special." One or two readers came up to us last week at the Meetup and told us off. Editor's note: Last week, we at EdSurge were a tad dismissive of Khan Academy's newly launched computer science program.
