Alpha School reportedly culls lagging students to game its AI teaching metrics
benjaminjriley · x · 2026-09-14
Reporter benjaminjriley shares a telling detail from his investigation into AI-driven private school Alpha School: leadership seems strikingly unfazed by families disenrolling their children — unusual for private schools. Sources suggest this is how the school games its metrics: strong students are kept to prop up results, lagging students are pushed out, and new students brought in.
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