NYT deep dive: only 42% of Alpha School students hit the promised '2x learning' rate
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-23
NYT's Dana Goldstein reveals Alpha School's internal data for the first time, exposing a gap between marketing and reality: of 400 K-8 students, about half missed the promise of learning math twice as fast, a fifth missed it in reading, and only 42% doubled their rate in both subjects. Weaker math students fared worst—just 37% of those below the 50th percentile hit the promised 2x growth.
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