Alpha School AI education controversy: former parent described it as a cult, reporter says
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-09-09
Reporter benjaminjriley pushes back against Alpha School defenders, arguing parents don't get to do anything they want to their children and that a program withholding its practices from parents and students isn't transparent. He adds that at least one former Alpha parent described his son's experience there as a cult before learning of his reporting.
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