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Alpha School, the private school that made headlines last year for its AI-powered, two-hour learning periods, is expanding in Austin.
Why it matters: An increasing share of Austin kids are heading to private schools as public schools struggle to attract and keep students.
- Austin ISD enrollment numbers have yet to rebound after the pandemic exacerbated the declines seen across the country.
Driving the news: Alpha officials tell Axios they'll open three more Austin-area schools for students this fall — an Esports Academy in Northwest Austin for fifth to eighth graders, a K-8 GT School for the Gifted and Talented in Georgetown and a K-8 Lake Travis Sports Academy.
- The new sites will continue to use Alpha's two-hour learning program, which uses an AI-assisted application for core subjects with supervisors called "guides" in the room instead of teachers.
- The remaining four hours of...