Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers - UPI.com

Claims that AI tutoring is superior to classroom instruction are only looking at part of the evidence. File Photo by Pablo Barrera/EPA

Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco.

Alpha School joins other AI-centric K-12 private schools, like Unbound Academy and the Khan Lab School, that parents can now choose for their children, paying anywhere from US$40,000 to $75,000 in some cases each year.

Some advocates of AI-driven education use slogans like "School is broken, and we're here to fix it."

MacKenzie Price, one of Alpha School's co-founders, has described her frustration with the "one-size-fits-all" model of schooling, in which all students study the same material, but often learn at different speeds.