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Re:Khan Academy: It’s Different This Time by whatusername on Sunday February 05, 2012 @03:50PM (#3555196)
"the goal is to employ teachers and education of students is a welcome-but-unnecessary industrial byproduct"

For an example of this -- look at the amount of times the Student-to-Teacher ratio is brought up. Which is such an interesting statistic because it implies that time with a terrible teacher is preferable to having the good teachers handle a few more students.

Re:Khan Academy: It’s Different This Time by swcpg on Sunday February 05, 2012 @05:10PM (#3555444)
No. It implies that in general having fewer students makes it easier to be a good teacher. And that being in a smaller class makes it easier to be a successful student. The importance of class size is well-supported by systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Re:Khan Academy: It’s Different This Time by barry-cotter on Sunday February 05, 2012 @08:34PM (#3555863)
The importance of class size is well-supported by systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

[Citation needed]

IIRC in disciplined classes between the sizes of 6ish and 40ish the results are very similar.