"I don't see risks with the Alpha School model, I see a group of people. The people that I'm working with are 100% committed to having kids love school and learn twice as much in two hours and learn life skills.”

Stephanie Dean, Dean of Students at Alpha School Raleigh

Stephanie Dean helps lead the Alpha School in Raleigh, a school “powered” by AI. The approach is novel, but it isn’t necessarily popular. While some parents are flocking to the customizable learning model as an innovative way to educate, other parents are worried that handing teaching off to a chatbot isn’t good for their kids.

Our Madeleine Ahmadi goes inside two schools — one using AI at every turn and another that limits technology — to understand how AI is changing how we learn.