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‘What if I told you this school had no teachers?’: Is AI schooling the future of education — or a risky bet?
Alpha claims students learn twice as fast using AI tutors and guides, but several states and parents question the unproven model’s impact on anxiety and academic standards.
- Last year, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon toured Alpha's Austin campus, where AI tutors deliver K–12 core subjects in two-hour daily sessions.
- Founded in 2014 with backing from tech billionaire Joe Liemandt, Alpha expanded from a few dozen Austin students to Miami, San Francisco, Brownsville and, recently, Chantilly, Virginia.
- Job postings show guides won’t grade papers or follow a set curriculum, some signed NDAs, and Alpha says students learn 'two times faster' citing MAP tests and an internal report.
- Some families pulled their children from Alpha after noticing academic declines and stress, including Jessica Lopez who withdrew her two daughters from the Brownsville campus, Texas, while Unbound Academy won Arizona approval but faced rejections from Pennsylvania, Arkansas, North Carolina, Utah, and South Carolina.
- With backers like Bill Ackman, Alpha's model could influence policy even as Victor Lee and Justin Reich warn that refusal of independent research hinders validation and socialization.
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‘What if I told you this school had no teachers?’: Is AI schooling the future of education — or a risky bet?
Alpha School, which purports to teach children academics using AI for two hours a day, has got the support of the Trump administration, but leaves some education experts and parents unimpressed.
·Atlanta, United States
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