A school in Texas has replaced human teachers with bots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Alpha School in Austin describes itself as an “AI-powered private school.”
Students spend just two hours a day in class and spend the rest of the day building skills.
However, they are only taught by AI bots, with no human teachers.
While some humans work at the school, they are referred to only as “guides.”
Yet, despite its unconventional methods, the school’s results are impressive.
Alpha’s students are testing in the top 1 to 2% nationally.
During an interview on Fox & Friends, Alpha co-founder MacKenzie Price said:
“We use an AI tutor and adaptive apps to provide a completely personalized learning experience.
“Our students are learning faster.
“They’re learning way better.
“In fact, our classes are in the top 2% in the country.”
After the short morning academic block, the rest of the school day is spent building real-world skills like public speaking, teamwork, and financial literacy.
Price, a Stanford-educated psychologist, said she launched Alpha after her daughters came home from school bored and unchallenged.
The first Alpha campus opened in Austin in 2016 after two years of development.
The idea behind the school was to compress core academics into two hours per day using technology, and free up the rest of the day for students to grow in other ways.
According to the students, the model appears to be working.
Elle Kristine, a junior who’s been at Alpha since second grade, shared her experience on Fox & Friends.
“I have a lot of friends at traditional school,” Kristine said.
“They’re spending all this time on schoolwork, they’re so stressed out, and they’re just miserable.”
“We get all of our academics done in just three hours a day, and then the rest of the day we get to spend doing what we love and working on passion projects,” she said.
“For me, I’m creating a safe AI dating coach for teenagers.
“It was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal.
“What 16-year-old has time for that? It’s awesome.”
Alpha currently operates campuses in Austin, Brownsville, and Miami, serving students from Pre-K through high school.
The Austin location includes both a K–8 academy and a dedicated high school campus downtown.
Alpha’s Brownsville school is the fastest-growing.
The Miami campus now serves students through 10th grade.
Enrollment is intentionally small and only includes around 150 students at the original Austin site.
The school says this allows for a highly personalized experience.
Instead of traditional teachers, Alpha only employs humans as guides who focus on support.
AI bots handle all of the academic instruction.
With results and parent demand growing, Alpha is now taking its education model nationwide.
The school has announced plans to open seven new campuses by Fall 2025, with upcoming locations including:
- Texas: Houston and Fort Worth (K–8)
- Florida: Orlando, Tampa, and Palm Beach (K–8)
- Arizona: Phoenix (K–8)
- California: Santa Barbara (K–12)
- New York: New York City (K–8)
Applications are already open for many of these sites.
Tuition varies by location, averaging around $40,000 to $50,000 annually.
However, the Brownsville campus is subsidized to make it more accessible.
“This is infinitely scalable and accessible,” Price said.
“It’s going to help students who are struggling, and also those who are just bored in traditional classrooms.”
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Alpha’s rise comes as school choice found a champion in the Trump administration.
In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Education to help states reallocate federal education funds toward school-choice programs.
The order includes charter schools, private vouchers, and education savings accounts.
“Parents want and deserve the best education for their children,” the order states.
“But too many children do not thrive in their assigned, government-run K–12 school.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised the policy shift as “history-making.”
McMahon stressed that the administration is giving power back to families and local communities.
“We are sending education back to the states where it so rightly belongs,” McMahon said.
“Families deserve control over how their children learn.
“That includes AI-powered schools, faith-based options, or traditional public classrooms.”
The Trump administration’s plan also allows parents to use 529 savings accounts to pay for private K–12 tuition and encourages states to apply for federal grants that support innovation in education.
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