NYT: Only 42% of Alpha School Students Hit the Teacherless AI Chain's Promised 2x Growth in Math and Reading
Summary
Dana Goldstein's NYT investigation found only 42% of students at the teacherless Alpha School network met the chain's advertised promise of progressing twice as fast in both math and reading. About a fifth of K-8 students scored at or below the 50th percentile in math last fall, and only 37% of that group hit the 2x growth target by winter. The piece lands as Alpha pushes expansion into more than a dozen US cities on its AI tutor-first pitch.
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