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Co-founder, Alpha School and 2HrLearning Transforming K12 | Improving outcomes with 1:1 AI-driven academics and critical life skills for a future-ready next gen
May 15 12 tweets 5 min read
Two questions I get all the time:

"What educational AI tools would you recommend for my kid?" "What adaptive apps does Alpha use?"

Many of the apps we've built ourselves aren't publicly accessible yet. Here are ten third-party ones I do recommend. 1. Math Academy @_MathAcademy_

Math Academy is an automated, adaptive math platform that covers grades four through college. It finds gaps, fills them, and gets kids to mastery with (by our team's estimate) about 20% fewer hours than a traditional classroom.

This is one of our favorite apps, as well as our students’ favorites.

One of our Alpha grads is a math major at Stanford. Last fall, she was placed in a math class with a professor who was famously bad (with a thick accent that was difficult to understand, as well). So she spent the quarter using Math Academy, working through the material on her own, and finished with the highest grade in the class.
Apr 15, 2025 20 tweets 6 min read
Recent studies just proved ADHD brains aren't broken at all.

The medication is.

Yet 7 MILLION kids are fed pills to "fix" them.

Here's what kids really need when labeled with this "disorder": Image
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Our school system wasn't designed for your child with ADHD.

But new research confirms what many parents suspected.

The truth? Buried under billions in pharma profits.

Diagnosis rates jumped from 3% to 11.4% of American children.

The solution isn't more medication...
Apr 14, 2025 24 tweets 8 min read
The education system's worst nightmare is coming true:

Parents discovered their kids learn better outside school.

Now 4 million families are breaking free.

Here's what traditional schools don't want you to know: Image The pandemic gave parents a peek "under the hood" of what was happening in schools.

And what they saw shocked them.

That's why millions of families have found an escape route: Image
Apr 2, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
AI isn't replacing teachers—it's freeing them.

From grading papers to becoming genuine mentors.

From lecturing crowds to guiding individuals.

Here's how teachers with AI are helping kids LOVE school: Image School hasn't changed much in 100 years.

The traditional model: teacher lecturing to 20-30 students.

Worksheets, textbooks, tests, homework.

But there's a fundamental problem rarely discussed...
Mar 28, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
The education system just had its worst collapse in 50 years.

Students lost up to 50% of their learning during COVID.

Now 12th graders are graduating with 7th-grade knowledge.

Here's how we catch every student up: Image Think of education like a Jenga tower.

Basic concepts form the foundation—addition, subtraction, reading comprehension.

Advanced topics stack on top - algebra, calculus, literature analysis.

But COVID just pulled out critical foundation blocks...
Feb 27, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
We've been lying to our kids for 40 years.

A 1984 Univ. of Chicago study proved personalized learning puts kids in the top 2%.

Yet we still force 30 unique minds to move at one pace.

Here's the study that exposed how schools hold kids back—and the fix they won’t implement: Image In 1984, Professor Benjamin Bloom ran a study at the University of Chicago that changed how we view education.

He discovered that students receiving personalized instruction outperformed traditional classrooms.

By TWO standard deviations.

What's even more impressive?
Feb 12, 2025 22 tweets 6 min read
In 1800, schools trained kids to be mindless factory workers.

225 years later, your child still wastes 6 hours being told to sit still.

But one school system just scored in the top 1% studying 2 hours a day.

Here's what today's education system doesn't want you to know: Image Our education system is broken.

Kids spend 6-7 hours a day in classrooms.

Yet most of what they learn they forget within 2 years.

It all comes down to how we designed 'school'... Image
Feb 11, 2025 17 tweets 5 min read
The United States school system is broken.

And it's only getting worse...

For 100 years, the way we educate kids has barely changed.

But now data proves we're destroying our students' potential.

Here's the 5 ways traditional schools are hurting your kids: Image 1. One-Size-Fits-All Approach

Think about your favorite subject in school.
You probably loved it because you were good at it.

What subject did you dread the most?
I'm guessing it's what you were told to focus on the most.

This reveals the first major flaw in US education:
Feb 6, 2025 16 tweets 5 min read
The riskiest experiment in history took place in 2023:

A Texas school:
• Mixed SpaceX engineers' kids with underserved
• Gave them an AI super-tutor
• Cut school to 2 hours a day

The results? Crazier than anyone expected.

Here's what they found: Image
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Let's dive into Brownsville, Texas.

For decades, quality education here has been a distant dream for many families.

Then in 2023, SpaceX expanded their operations nearby.

I saw an opportunity...