Khanmigo AI Tutor Explained

Khanmigo is Khan Academy’s AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant. The learner experience is designed to guide a student through a problem by asking questions and offering scaffolding, rather than simply returning a final answer. That describes the intended tutoring style; it does not guarantee that every response will be correct, appropriately paced or free of direct answers. Students should still check explanations against course materials and ask a teacher or parent when something seems wrong. Khan Academy also offers teacher-facing tools. Its current product information lists lesson planning tied to Khan Academy content, learning objectives, rubrics, exit tickets and summaries of recent student work. These features can help an educator prepare or review, but the teacher must inspect generated materials for accuracy, grade-level fit and alignment with the lesson. A tool-generated summary does not replace the teacher’s own assessment of a student. Access depends on the user and route. Khan Academy advertises free teacher tools for eligible educators, while individual learner or parent access is paid and has location and age conditions. Parents can add children under 18 to an account; direct classroom access for students is offered through school or district implementations, not by a teacher independently toggling a setting on a personal class. District plans have separate pricing and implementation terms, so check the current plan page and local agreement rather than relying on old prices. Khanmigo’s supervision, chat visibility and moderation features are designed to involve adults, but a family or school still needs to understand its settings and privacy terms before use. Khanmigo supplements teaching and learning; it is not an authority for grades, safety or truth.