may work well<\/a> in some instances, but I think the benefit of a good teacher is the ability to differentiate instruction,” said Johanns. “The other thing that I think AI might miss is the ability to form relationships with parents.”<\/p>\nDePalo is confident in Alpha School’s model and believes it’s the way of the future.<\/p>\n
“You cannot teach every single student exactly what they need every moment, you just can’t as a human being,” said DePalo. “That’s better left, in my opinion, to the technology.”<\/p>\n
Below is a Q&A with CBS News Texas lead education reporter Lacey Beasley, DePalo and Jacob Vandercook, a seventh grader who attends Alpha School.<\/p>\n
DePalo: “I don’t have to teach out of a textbook or an online curriculum. I don’t have to teach to a test and say, ‘you must get these questions right.'”<\/p>\n
Beasley: “Well, do you teach?”<\/p>\n
DePalo: “At Alpha School? No, I don’t teach at all. Well, what I should say is what I’m designing are workshops.”<\/p>\n
No teaching, but at Alpha School, leaders claimed students will learn twice as much in only two hours of core subject instructional time per day, taught by AI.<\/p>\n
When students have a question, they do not raise their hands and ask the guides. Instead, students schedule online appointments with human teachers on their laptops and ask them the questions.<\/p>\n
The other six hours of their school day are spent off technology.<\/p>\n
Students participate in what they call ‘life skill workshops.’ It focuses on teaching things like perseverance and independence, which Alpha School leaders believe traditional education does not teach.<\/p>\n
Vandercook: “This workshop was about balance. Balance in our lives, minds, school, work, food, anything.”<\/p>\n
Beasley: “Would you rather be in school or on vacation?”<\/p>\n
Vandercook: “I would rather be in school. Alpha is the best of the best.”<\/p>\n
DePalo: “We have nine enrolled. We have a few more starting in January.”<\/p>\n
Beasley: “Oh, nine? Single digit nine?”<\/p>\n
DePalo: “Single digit nine right now.”<\/p>\n
Beasley: “The classroom that we were in, is that the whole school?”<\/p>\n
DePalo: “As of right now, yes.”<\/p>\n
Beasley: “If there is such a high paywall, an education like this is not accessible to everyone. Why does it cost so much?”<\/p>\n
DePalo: “A couple of reasons. Alpha School is a high-end private school. I will say as teachers, as guides, we are paid a very livable wage. Teachers start at $100,000.”<\/p>\n
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