Reporter says AI school program hid practices from parents, sparking backlash
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-09-09
Reporter benjaminjriley clashed with Alpha School-affiliated figures (Jesse Genet, Mackenzie Price), arguing that parents don't get to do anything they want to their children and that a program not disclosing its practices to parents and students is, at minimum, not transparent. He says his reporting drew strong reaction on BlueSky.
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