Alpha School's $65,000 Manhattan pitch tests the line between AI school and homeschool center
WIRED reports MacKenzie Price and Joe Liemandt pitched wealthy parents on a $65,000 New York campus that the outlet says is not actually a school.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: WIRED
Why it matters
Alpha School's Manhattan push is a test case for AI education founders: families may pay elite tuition for software-led learning, but the business model still has to clear the slower questions of safety, status, staffing, and trust.
MacKenzie Price and Joe Liemandt are bringing Alpha School's AI-powered education model to Manhattan with a $65,000-a-year campus that WIRED reported is being pitched to New York parents even though WIRED characterized it as not actually a school.…
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