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"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.”
MacKenzie Price, one of Alpha School’s co-founders, has described her
frustration with the “one-size-fits-all” model of schooling, in which all
students study the same material, but often learn at different speeds.
Sal Khan, the founder of the online educational platform Khan Academy, has also
argued that artificial intelligence could give every student an individual
tutor that is responsive to their specific needs.
And Bill Gates is among the tech thought leaders who have speculated that AI
will replace many teachers within the next decade.
The argument for more personalized education may be a good one in some cases.
But it also risks creating a false dichotomy where all AI programs are seen as
responsive and motivating, and all classroom teaching is rote lecturing.
As a scholar of education policy who does research on AI and teachers, I
recognize that reality is far more complicated."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
