SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School

FOURTH REPORT: Former Alpha School students speak out

“A science experiment that’s been framed as a school” - “pretty much a concentration camp” - “cool the first few months and then it just becomes shit”

Dear Alpha School: I Hope You’re Right

An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School

Dear Alpha School: I Hope You’re Right

An open letter to the founder and principal of Alpha School

What Alpha School Actually Built

Alpha says children can learn twice as much in two hours. The software gets most of the attention, but the school around it may matter more.

'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School

Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."

'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School

Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."

Evans Lake Forest Education Society – Your ultimate camp experience.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT: Alpha School Speaks!

Citizen journalism in action

My First Month with Math Academy: An Experience Report from a Middle School Dropout. — LessWrong

Editor's Note I feel personally connected to his experience. Two months ago, I started trying Math Academy (I'll call it MA). I found it to be a seri…

I spent 3 months applying to jobs after a coding bootcamp. Here’s what I learned.

By Felix Feng A less-talked about part of the bootcamper’s journey is what happens after you graduate — when you’re searching for that six-figure developer position. < 3% of applications became offers I completed Hack Reactor in July 2016 and took a...

A Math Academy review

Background and context Some background on me just so that you have a rough idea of where this review is coming from: I did Olympiads as a kid and have been involved in fairly math-heavy fields ever since, through university at least, depending on your definition of math-heavy. I’ve also been completely self-taught when it comes to the non-elementary-school math I know. So my plan on using my Math Academy subscription was to mostly brush up on things. I also did only the university-level courses.

Childhood and Education #21: Grades and Standards

First you get to college via the wrong metrics, as previously discussed in #12. Then things get easier.

The High School That Guarantees You'll Make $1 Million (Ep. 325)

Our conversation with Nat Eliason

My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite - Andrew Kelley

When Jarred joined the Zig community about 5 years ago, I described him as someone who had strong "beginner energy". That is, he moved fast and tried a lot of different stuff, jumping head first into problems that he was not yet equipped to solve, leading to mediocre outcomes in terms of engineering, but learning a whole heck of a lot in the process. I see it as quite a healthy attitude, particularly for young people and students. This is the best way to level up and learn new things.

Teenagers to start school at 10am in Oxford University sleep experiment

Thousands of GCSE students will start lessons an hour later to see if it improves their exam results