Wealthy U.S. Families Pay $75,000 for AI Schools as Tutors Replace Traditional Classrooms
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Updated · The Verge · Jul 5
Wealthy U.S. Families Pay $75,000 for AI Schools as Tutors Replace Traditional Classrooms
2 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jul 5
Summary
$75,000-a-year AI kindergarten programs are drawing wealthy U.S. families who want children taught by AI tutors and project-based workshops instead of conventional schools.
Alpha School and Forge Prep are selling the model as a fix for what some parents call a broken education system, with Silicon Valley families among the earliest adopters.
Those programs remain largely unproven: companies cited in the report do not share performance metrics, leaving little evidence that AI-guided schooling improves outcomes.
The shift also raises curriculum concerns because Alpha co-founder MacKenzie Price has said "hot-button social issues" will stay out of class, even as some campuses extend through high school.