• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    Bean bag chairs, soundproof booths and portable whiteboards make Alpha Schools look more like a tech startup than a school. But its biggest break from tradition is not the design: It’s an education model that uses artificial intelligence to teach core subjects while adults in the room serve as “guides,” not teachers.

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      More importantly, the kids are taught how Google, Palantir, Meta, and Microsoft want them to be taught.

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        One day people will look back on your comment and be impressed at how you predicted the future four great nations of the world.

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      This feels like it’s trying to skirt unions/regulations. The teachers aren’t actually teachers, they’re “guides”, which is a completely different thing entirely.

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        I hadn’t thought of that, it always comes down to money. They’ll have the worst part of teaching, security and misbehaving “guiding.”