A Texas-based school group continues to launch its revolutionary AI-based schools, claiming their methodology delivers faster results than other educational formats. Last year, the Austin, Texas-based Alpha School made headlines with its “2 + 4” teaching method that frees students of traditional chalk-and-talk, sit-down learning.
The private school’s educational day lasts six hours, though processes differ greatly from those of traditional American public schools. Alpha School faculty guide learners through two morning hours of Common Core-focused work using AI. The remaining four hours focus on communal classes that cover life skills, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, with less of a focus on things like world history.
Unsurprisingly, teachers and parents fear what continued changes could mean for their kids’ future and public education.
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American COVID-19 protocols complicated the public education system’s already checkered past. Implementing remote learning and more profound tech involvement alongside nationwide educator disillusionment and strikes throws repeated blows to the status quo.
Thomas B. Fordham Instituteeducational writer …