At a time when many American students are struggling to keep up, a private school in Texas is doing more with less, much less.
At Alpha School, students spend just two hours a day in class, guided by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tutor. But results are impressive: students are testing in the top 1 to 2% nationally.
“We use an AI tutor and adaptive apps to provide a completely personalized learning experience,” said Alpha co-founder MacKenzie Price during an interview on Fox & Friends.
“Our students are learning faster. They’re learning way better. In fact, our classes are in the top 2% in the country.”
After the short morning academic block, the rest of the school day is spent building real-world skills like public speaking, teamwork and financial literacy.
Price, a Stanford-educated psychologist, said she launched Alpha after her daughters came home from school bored and unchallenged. The first Alpha campus opened in Austin in 2016 after two years of development.
The idea was simple and bold: compress core academics into two hours per day using technology, and free up the rest of the day for students to grow in other ways.
That model appears to be working. Elle Kristine, a junior who’s been at Alpha since second grade, shared her experience on Fox & Friends.
“I have a lot of friends at traditional school,” Kristine said. “They’re spending all this time on schoolwork, they’re so stressed out, and they’re just miserable.”
The Alpha School did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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