AI tutor built into Khan Academy that uses Socratic questioning to guide students through problems instead of giving answers. Free for teachers, $4/month for learners. Covers math, science, humanities, coding, writing, and debate.
AI-powered tutor that guides students through problems using questions instead of answers, with free teacher tools and $4/month student access on Khan Academy's platform.
Khanmigo is Khan Academy's AI tutor, built on advanced large language model technology and designed to do one thing that most AI chatbots won't: refuse to give you the answer. Instead, it asks guiding questions, offers hints, and walks students through problem-solving step by step using Socratic methods.
This matters because the core problem with using ChatGPT for homework is that it does the work for you. Khanmigo is purpose-built to prevent that. When a student asks for help, Khanmigo responds with questions like 'What do you think the first step should be?' — guiding them toward understanding rather than handing over solutions.
For teachers, Khanmigo is completely free with no seat limits. It generates lesson plans, rubrics, exit tickets, and parent communication drafts. For learners, it costs $4/month or $44/year for individual access. Families can add multiple children at tiered pricing based on the number of children. School districts get custom pricing with admin dashboards and rostering.
Khanmigo is tightly integrated with Khan Academy's content library spanning K-12 math, science, humanities, economics, computer science, writing, and debate. It also offers creative modules like conversations with historical figures, debate practice against AI opponents, and a Writing Coach that helps students brainstorm and revise without writing content for them.
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Khanmigo is the only major AI tutor that structurally prevents students from using it as a homework cheat tool. The Socratic approach genuinely builds problem-solving skills. Free for teachers, $4/month for students. Limited to Khan Academy's ecosystem and primarily English content.
Guides students through problems using questions and hints rather than direct answers, building genuine problem-solving skills. Adapts difficulty based on student responses.
Use Case:
A student struggling with quadratic equations gets step-by-step guiding questions that help them identify the correct approach rather than being handed the solution
Provides guided prompts for brainstorming, essay structure, argument development, and revision techniques without writing content for the student
Use Case:
A high schooler drafting a persuasive essay receives feedback on argument strength, evidence usage, and paragraph structure with suggestions for improvement
Students choose a topic and side, then argue against Khanmigo which provides counterpoints, challenges weak reasoning, and helps build stronger argumentation skills
Use Case:
A middle schooler preparing for debate class practices arguing both sides of a policy issue with AI that challenges their reasoning constructively
Standards-aligned lesson plan generation, rubric creation, exit tickets, differentiated instruction suggestions, and on-demand student progress summaries — all free for educators
Use Case:
A teacher generates a differentiated lesson plan for a mixed-ability class with customized activities for advanced, on-level, and struggling students in minutes
Interactive conversations with AI-powered historical figures that respond in character and context, making history engaging and personal
Use Case:
A student asks Benjamin Franklin about his views on electricity and receives historically accurate responses that bring primary source material to life
Parents can view their children's complete interaction history, receive moderation alerts for concerning conversations, and manage multiple children from one account
Use Case:
A parent checks their child's Khanmigo interactions to see what subjects they're getting help with and whether the AI is maintaining appropriate educational boundaries
Free
$4/month or $44/year
Tiered by number of children
Custom
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Khanmigo has expanded the Writing Coach into a standalone offering that schools can adopt independently of full Khanmigo subscriptions. The teacher toolkit has added deeper integration with Khan Academy's mastery data, allowing the AI to surface targeted intervention suggestions for specific students. District offerings now include expanded professional development and AI-literacy training programs. Khan Academy has also continued to refine the underlying AI model powering Khanmigo, improving accuracy in multi-step math reasoning and expanding subject coverage.
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