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EdTech meets Startup meets School - Anonymous employee Khan Lab School Employee Review

5.0
25 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Strong culture around learning, transparency, collaboration, and giving back to the world - Staff and student families are filled with brilliant and kind people - Part-time teachers from various industry backgrounds are common, which gives our students extra exposure to the world of learning and applications - Influential guests are frequently invited for fireside chats with Sal Khan - Campus is expanding quickly - Khan is a well-known brand

Cons

- Like any startup org, all hands on deck is frequented, and can be messy - Leadership is not precise with its road map, which leaves many people confused - Under-budgeted, with no plans to develop a gifts and donations outreach team - Relatively high attrition for a school, which can be tough on students and colleagues - Underpaid for Bay Area standard of living - No lunch is provided

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5.0
10 May 2023
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Pros

- Head of School really cares about the school, students and employees. Kim works very hard to balance fairness and accountability with the business of running a school. - Benefits; a lot of thought goes into the benefit design to ensure the best options are available to employees. There are a lot of options to chose from. - Salary; the Head of School put in a lot of time reviewing salary surveys and designing a compensation package that was fair and competitive. The comp policy took the subjective element out of the equation.

Cons

- Growth is never without it's challenges

3.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Creative school, really devoted teachers. The families are overall kind and supportive, parents want to contribute and help. The teachers are very thoughtful and dedicated. Collaboration and teamwork was always enjoyable. Admin is open to hearing and experiencing different modes of teaching and curriculum.

Cons

Higher up admin play favorites and kind of throw people under the bus. Admin can make things way too personal and it starts to feel disrespectful towards very capable and kind teachers. People were laid off who shouldn't have been, and teachers were made promises that admin did not honor. Such a shame, because the school has awesome potential.

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