YouTube University

Sal Khan is a Harvard educated CS major with a MBA. He spends his days in the corner of his bedroom creating bite sized tutorials on YouTube, on subjects ranging from Algebra and Calculus to economics and science.

“I’m starting a virtual school for the world, teaching things the way I wanted to be taught,” explains Khan, 33, the exuberant founder and sole faculty member of the nonprofit Khan Academy, run out of his small ranch house, which he shares with his wife and infant son.

He sounds like a future homeschooler in the making

Jason Fried, CEO of tech company 37signals, said he invested in Khan’s nonprofit because “the next bubble to burst is higher education. It’s too expensive. It’s too much one-size-fits-all. This is an alternative way to think about teaching — simple, personal, free and moving at your own pace.”

His videos are being viewed 70,000 a day, and growing 10% every month. Revolutions generally don’t start in the board room. Maybe the education revolution that is so sorely needed is starting in Sal’s bedroom.

(Cross posted from HSdads.com, because I’m too lazy to come up with original content for more than one blog)