Johnathan Bi The Incredible Results of AI Learning | A New Philosophy of Education
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Jan 9, 2026 
Mackenzie Price, co-founder of Alpha, a K–12 school revolutionizing education with AI-driven personalized curricula, shares her insights on transforming learning. She discusses how traditional schooling stifles curiosity and how Alpha's mastery-based approach fosters motivation and deep learning. Mackenzie explains the advantages of tailored tutoring and the balance between AI and human guidance. She emphasizes the need for confidence in students through achievement, and how this model can be scaled to diverse contexts, reshaping education's future.
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Origins And Limits Of Mass Schooling
- Modern mass schooling was designed for the Industrial Revolution to produce compliant workers rather than to cultivate individual potential.
- MacKenzie Price argues AI-powered personalized tutoring can restore one-to-one mastery learning for the masses.
Founding Alpha From A Mom’s Frustration
- MacKenzie started a 16-child school after noticing her daughter became bored and lost curiosity in public school.
- Over 11 years she scaled the model and used AI to recreate one-to-one mastery tutoring broadly.
Personalized Mastery Replaces Time-Based Pace
- Each student uses a personalized AI learning platform that diagnoses gaps and delivers mastery-paced lessons.
- The system treats knowledge as a scaffolded sequence so early gaps are closed before they compound.
