AlphaSchool to kids: "YOUR FEELINGS ARE NOT OKAY"
Creeps and abusers.
Creeps and abusers.
September 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
AlphaSchool to kids: "YOUR FEELINGS ARE NOT OKAY"
Creeps and abusers.
Creeps and abusers.
This reads like adcopy for alphaschool by a techbro
September 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This reads like adcopy for alphaschool by a techbro
If AlphaSchool sees this, they'll roll it out tomorrow for realz.
March 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
If AlphaSchool sees this, they'll roll it out tomorrow for realz.
AlphaSchool is such a stupid fucking name.
September 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
AlphaSchool is such a stupid fucking name.
"Today at @Alphaschool, my team proved that we are smarter than 85% of Harvard students by climbing Mount Everest with 4 other students."
Convincing children they're super special and much better than other people is the easiest task in the world, and perhaps the most dangerous.
Convincing children they're super special and much better than other people is the easiest task in the world, and perhaps the most dangerous.
September 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
"Today at @Alphaschool, my team proved that we are smarter than 85% of Harvard students by climbing Mount Everest with 4 other students."
Convincing children they're super special and much better than other people is the easiest task in the world, and perhaps the most dangerous.
Convincing children they're super special and much better than other people is the easiest task in the world, and perhaps the most dangerous.
I was today years old when I learned about AlphaSchool, and if you'll excuse me I think I'll be taking my 25 years of middle and high school teaching experience and walking into the sea.
September 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I was today years old when I learned about AlphaSchool, and if you'll excuse me I think I'll be taking my 25 years of middle and high school teaching experience and walking into the sea.
Sorry, just now reading @404media.co expose of AlphaSchool and, sorry, gotta yell:
I PREDICTED THIS! I'm not clairvoyant. It's just that, for two decades, these overhyped "we use tech to transform learning and OMG" schools get hyped up and then they FAIL.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
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I PREDICTED THIS! I'm not clairvoyant. It's just that, for two decades, these overhyped "we use tech to transform learning and OMG" schools get hyped up and then they FAIL.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
(short thread)
February 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Sorry, just now reading @404media.co expose of AlphaSchool and, sorry, gotta yell:
I PREDICTED THIS! I'm not clairvoyant. It's just that, for two decades, these overhyped "we use tech to transform learning and OMG" schools get hyped up and then they FAIL.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
(short thread)
I PREDICTED THIS! I'm not clairvoyant. It's just that, for two decades, these overhyped "we use tech to transform learning and OMG" schools get hyped up and then they FAIL.
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
(short thread)
And now there's AlphaSchool. My friend and collaborator @dylanpkane.bsky.social wrote this about their results BEFORE the @404media.co story broke, highlighting how AI was not driving whatever good results AlphaSchool might be getting.
fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/alpha-scho...
fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/alpha-scho...
Alpha School's Secret Sauce
Spoiler: it's not AI
fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com
February 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
And now there's AlphaSchool. My friend and collaborator @dylanpkane.bsky.social wrote this about their results BEFORE the @404media.co story broke, highlighting how AI was not driving whatever good results AlphaSchool might be getting.
fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/alpha-scho...
fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/alpha-scho...
Alpha School students often compare their experiences and academic achievement to what they call “normal school.” Here are some of their statements.
September 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Alpha School students often compare their experiences and academic achievement to what they call “normal school.” Here are some of their statements.
my only goal in life is to fall through a hoop at the end of this corridor into a box marked '5'. help me alphaschool, you're my only hoop. I mean hope
September 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
my only goal in life is to fall through a hoop at the end of this corridor into a box marked '5'. help me alphaschool, you're my only hoop. I mean hope
My internal monologue right now: "Don't call more attention to AlphaSchool, Ben. Don't do it. But there's an published insider account from a parent that reveals just how absurd their model is that's really long that no one has read that I could turn into an epic rant. NO BEN NO."
https For $65,000 a year, a teacher-less AI private school comes to Virginia wapo.st/3HDJVPv gift link
For $65,000 a year, a teacher-less AI private school comes to Virginia
At Alpha School, a new private school in Northern Virginia, students will study for just two hours a day using adaptive apps and personalized lesson plans.
wapo.st
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My internal monologue right now: "Don't call more attention to AlphaSchool, Ben. Don't do it. But there's an published insider account from a parent that reveals just how absurd their model is that's really long that no one has read that I could turn into an epic rant. NO BEN NO."
alphaschool bot apparently won't stand behind those testimonials
September 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
alphaschool bot apparently won't stand behind those testimonials
This "AlphaSchool" sounds like the academy from Enders Game + business school.
September 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This "AlphaSchool" sounds like the academy from Enders Game + business school.
Behold, "the future" of learning according to AlphaSchool. (Credit @404media.co)
February 20, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Behold, "the future" of learning according to AlphaSchool. (Credit @404media.co)
The #AlphaSchool in #Austin
Is a wonder to behold
Its teaching’s kinda thin
Cause that’s not how kids are controlled
AI is so effective
They can be taught not to think
Which I sure find defective
In a word: I think it stinks
#LindaMcMahon #DepartmentofEducation #AlphaAustin
Is a wonder to behold
Its teaching’s kinda thin
Cause that’s not how kids are controlled
AI is so effective
They can be taught not to think
Which I sure find defective
In a word: I think it stinks
#LindaMcMahon #DepartmentofEducation #AlphaAustin
September 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The #AlphaSchool in #Austin
Is a wonder to behold
Its teaching’s kinda thin
Cause that’s not how kids are controlled
AI is so effective
They can be taught not to think
Which I sure find defective
In a word: I think it stinks
#LindaMcMahon #DepartmentofEducation #AlphaAustin
Is a wonder to behold
Its teaching’s kinda thin
Cause that’s not how kids are controlled
AI is so effective
They can be taught not to think
Which I sure find defective
In a word: I think it stinks
#LindaMcMahon #DepartmentofEducation #AlphaAustin
Could Alpha School Disrupt K-12 Education via #michaelbhorn #tomarnett michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/could-alph... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #alphaschool
Could Alpha School disrupt K–12 education?
This is the second of two posts that Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute and I coauthored about Alpha School.
michaelbhorn.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Could Alpha School Disrupt K-12 Education via #michaelbhorn #tomarnett michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/could-alph... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #alphaschool
The "guides" do a lot more than police kids to use the apps. To do that, AlphaSchool literally pays the kids.
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The "guides" do a lot more than police kids to use the apps. To do that, AlphaSchool literally pays the kids.
I just find the voice on these posts so clean and impersonal. On the one hand, how come they write so well? On the other hand, how come what they say is so aligned with corporate messaging and so lacking in personal specificity?
Of course I've long suspected AlphaSchool is mostly fake.
Of course I've long suspected AlphaSchool is mostly fake.
Another Alpha School boot-camp activity apparently requires students to do unpaid labor cleaning restaurant kitchens or gas-station bathrooms. Students audio record themselves as they do this work, and if they complain, they fail.
September 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I just find the voice on these posts so clean and impersonal. On the one hand, how come they write so well? On the other hand, how come what they say is so aligned with corporate messaging and so lacking in personal specificity?
Of course I've long suspected AlphaSchool is mostly fake.
Of course I've long suspected AlphaSchool is mostly fake.
The cultiest part of this is requiring students to pay for X premium access. They are literally forcing these kids (I assume it’s their parents paying but idk) to further line the pockets of an actual Nazi who has more money than god as a prerequisite to access education.
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September 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The cultiest part of this is requiring students to pay for X premium access. They are literally forcing these kids (I assume it’s their parents paying but idk) to further line the pockets of an actual Nazi who has more money than god as a prerequisite to access education.
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"The starting point of every conversation I have with a kid is, ‘Is there an AI that can do this, so that you’re not spending your time on it?’” -- Chloe Bevlin, a so-called "Guide" at AlphaSchool
Ignorance begets ignorance.
(Story may be paywalled, sorry)
Ignorance begets ignorance.
(Story may be paywalled, sorry)
How Chatbots and AI Are Already Transforming Kids' Classrooms
Educators across the country are bringing chatbots into their lesson plans. Will it help kids learn or is it just another doomed ed-tech fad?
www.bloomberg.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"The starting point of every conversation I have with a kid is, ‘Is there an AI that can do this, so that you’re not spending your time on it?’” -- Chloe Bevlin, a so-called "Guide" at AlphaSchool
Ignorance begets ignorance.
(Story may be paywalled, sorry)
Ignorance begets ignorance.
(Story may be paywalled, sorry)
But now the gloves are off. @404media.co, which just got my $100 subscription (sorry it took so long) rightfully smell blood. I bet more stories are coming. AlphaSchool is a SHAM. Mackenzie Price is JOKE.
www.404media.co/students-are...
www.404media.co/students-are...
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...
www.404media.co
February 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
But now the gloves are off. @404media.co, which just got my $100 subscription (sorry it took so long) rightfully smell blood. I bet more stories are coming. AlphaSchool is a SHAM. Mackenzie Price is JOKE.
www.404media.co/students-are...
www.404media.co/students-are...
AlphaSchool is a joke and people involved in the science of learning movement who’ve joined forces with them will come to regret it. I’m glad you’re speaking up on this Pedro!
May 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
AlphaSchool is a joke and people involved in the science of learning movement who’ve joined forces with them will come to regret it. I’m glad you’re speaking up on this Pedro!
For context in case anyone gets here
September 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
For context in case anyone gets here
… promotet von AlphaSchool:
„What if your child could crush academics in just 2 hrs and spend the rest of their day unlocking limitless potential?
Alpha’s 2 Hour Learning model harnesses the power of AI (…) to provide each student with personalized 1:1 learning, (..) giving them the gift of time.“
„What if your child could crush academics in just 2 hrs and spend the rest of their day unlocking limitless potential?
Alpha’s 2 Hour Learning model harnesses the power of AI (…) to provide each student with personalized 1:1 learning, (..) giving them the gift of time.“
The Program
Explore Alpha School's AI-powered program. Learn how our innovative curriculum fosters student growth and success.
alpha.school
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
… promotet von AlphaSchool:
„What if your child could crush academics in just 2 hrs and spend the rest of their day unlocking limitless potential?
Alpha’s 2 Hour Learning model harnesses the power of AI (…) to provide each student with personalized 1:1 learning, (..) giving them the gift of time.“
„What if your child could crush academics in just 2 hrs and spend the rest of their day unlocking limitless potential?
Alpha’s 2 Hour Learning model harnesses the power of AI (…) to provide each student with personalized 1:1 learning, (..) giving them the gift of time.“
"WTF!" habe ich mir auch gedacht beim Lesen des Blogbeitrags von @benjaminjriley.bsky.social zur #AlphaSchool ...
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September 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"WTF!" habe ich mir auch gedacht beim Lesen des Blogbeitrags von @benjaminjriley.bsky.social zur #AlphaSchool ...
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