Researcher defends Alpha School: parents ecstatic, scrutiny other schools never face
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-25
Replying to Sasha Gusev, Afinetheorem argues that Alpha School's outcomes are genuinely good and parents are "ecstatic," yet traditional education schools and teachers unions subject it to nonstop evidence demands that no other school faces. He discloses no ties to Alpha beyond talking to parents. The exchange highlights tension between new AI-era schooling models and the traditional education establishment.
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