Khanmigo

Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI tutor built on GPT-4, designed around the Socratic method: rather than giving students answers directly, it asks guiding questions that lead students to discover the solution themselves. This pedagogical approach reflects decades of research showing that active problem-solving produces better long-term learning outcomes than passive answer consumption.

The platform serves both students and teachers. For students, Khanmigo works through Khan Academy's entire K-12 curriculum — mathematics, science, computing, history, economics, grammar — as a patient, adaptive tutor that adjusts difficulty, identifies misconceptions, and celebrates progress. For teachers, Khanmigo offers tools for generating lesson plans, creating differentiated assignments at multiple difficulty levels, providing essay feedback with detailed rubrics, and drafting parent communication.

Khanmigo is available through Khan Academy at $4/month for individual learners (with family plans available), with free access provided through school partnership programs and scholarships for students in lower-income households. The deliberate refusal to give direct answers — which is pedagogically sound — can frustrate students who want quick homework completion rather than learning. Parents and teachers generally view this limitation positively. The depth and coverage of the Khan Academy curriculum integration makes Khanmigo far more educationally grounded than general-purpose AI chatbots used for homework help.