Collaborating with Khan Academy to build the best AI tools for learners

At this year’s British Educational Training and Technology (Bett) conference, we announced that new AI-powered learning tools are coming to Khan Academy, built with Google’s Gemini models. Here’s a closer look at what’s new.

Building helpful learning tools requires grounding our technology in learning science. It also requires working alongside the people who know education best — leading experts, educators and institutions — to ensure our tools reflect the real needs of learners. Today we’re announcing a new partnership between Google and the nonprofit educational organization Khan Academy to combine our shared expertise and commitment to building the best AI tools for teachers and students.

Helping students build literacy skills with Khan Academy’s Writing and Reading Coach

Khan Academy is integrating Gemini’s most capable models into a suite of tools focused on literacy and reading, starting today with its Writing Coach tool. Rather than simply generating answers, Writing Coach actively guides students through the process of outlining, drafting and refining their own ideas instead of delivering just a finished product.

Writing Coach enables teachers to choose between a full interactive experience or a "feedback-only" mode. Currently available for grades 7-12 and in beta for grades 5-6 within the U.S., it supports persuasive, expository and literary analysis essays. With the power of Gemini, the tool meets students where they are. It adapts its feedback and provides clear examples to help them get unstuck and start writing.

Later this year, Khan Academy will also launch a Reading Coach powered by Gemini. Designed for students in grades 5-12, it will enable teachers to customize and assign interactive learning experiences with a variety of texts. Gemini will guide students through the text, asking them questions to ensure comprehension then providing teachers with individual and class-level insights and recommendations.

Enhancing human-to-human tutoring with Gemini

AI in education should enhance connection, not replace it. Starting today, Schoolhouse.world, the nonprofit peer-to-peer tutoring platform co-founded by Sal Khan, is now also using Gemini to do just that.

Schoolhouse uses AI feedback to provide coaching to tutors after every session. It’s launching a new AI session simulator that allows tutors to practice with a range of virtual student profiles before they ever meet a real learner. By using AI in the background, tutors are able to increase their confidence and empathy, improving the quality of their session without replacing the interaction of a teacher.

Sharing our vision for learning

For years, Google and Khan Academy have been focused on unlocking potential through education. We don’t just want AI to answer questions; we want it to guide students through the learning process. Khan Academy is the perfect partner to put our most capable learning models to work, ensuring they are rigorous and supportive for the classroom.

Our work with Khan Academy and Schoolhouse reflects our shared mission to use technology to enable learning for everyone, at scale.