(STATE COLLEGE, PENN.) Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco.
Alpha School joins other AI-centric K-12 private schools, like Unbound Academy and the Khan Lab School, that parents can now choose for their children, paying anywhere from US$40,000 to $75,000 in some cases each year.
Some advocates of AI-driven education use slogans like “School is broken, and we’re here to fix it.”…