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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Robin Buller

Inside San Francisco’s new AI school: is this the future of US education?

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Experts have raised questions about whether an app-based curriculum can serve all learners equally. Photograph: Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF

In the world’s tech innovation epicenter, an “AI-powered” private school has made headlines for unabashedly embracing the technology.

Alpha School San Francisco, which opened its doors to K-8 students this fall, is the newest outpost of a network of 14 nationwide private schools. Its learning model entails just two hours of focused academic work per day, during which the school says students can learn twice as fast as their counterparts in traditional schools – with the help of artificial intelligence.

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