Alpha School in Austin, Texas, introduces an AI-centric approach to education, allowing students to focus on academics for only two hours daily. Supported by co-founder MacKenzie Price, this model tailors learning to individual skill sets and interests. Expansion plans will see Alpha replicate its strategy in more than a dozen American cities this fall, including New York City and Orlando. However, detractors, including Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, raise concerns about the lack of human interaction and critical thinking skills in a solely AI-based education system.
MacKenzie Price, a podcaster and influencer who co-founded Alpha, has called classrooms 'the next global battlefield.' 'I've seen the future,' she wrote on social media, 'and it isn't 10 years away. It's here, right now.'
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, said, 'Students and our country need to be in relationship with other human beings. When you have a school that is strictly AI, it is violating that core precept of the human endeavor and of education.'
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