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Arizona’s getting an online charter school taught entirely by AI
The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools has greenlighted an application for a new online school that uses AI entirely for teaching.
But Unbound Academy’s application, which proposes an “AI-driven adaptive learning technology” that “condenses academic instruction into a two-hour window,” is a first for the model. Unbound’s approach leans on ed-tech platforms like IXL and Khan Academy, and students engage with “interactive, AI-powered platforms that continuously adjust to their individual learning pace and style.” There will be humans, just fewer of them, and maybe not actual accredited teachers: it will adopt a “human-in-the-loop” approach with “skilled guides” monitoring progress who can provide “targeted interventions” and coaching for each student. The remainder of the students’ day will include “life-skills workshops” covering areas such as critical thinking, creative problem-solving, financial literacy, public-speaking, goal-setting, and entrepreneurship.
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