Alpha School, a billionaire-backed private school chain that replaces teachers with AI tutors and charges $40,000 a year in tuition, is opening campuses in Edmond and Tulsa in August. The model, which uses two hours of daily AI-driven instruction with no certified teachers, has drawn both enthusiastic families and sharp criticism from educators.
No teachers means none of those pesky “mandatory reporters”.
To certain parents, that $40k is cheap insurance against little Liam or Olivia running their mouth.