With just two hours of academic teaching per day, a totally online school experience for grades four through eight.
That is taught entirely by artificial intelligence was recently approved by the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools. If there was ever a concept that seemed destined to fail, it was this one.
Students will have access to individualized learning tools from online educational resource providers Khan Academy and IXL via Unbound Academy.
To generate lessons that are specifically tailored to each kid, the AI will take into account their emotional indicators, answers to questions and activities, and the amount of time.
It takes them to do assignments. According to Unbound, Texas already has a comparable educational paradigm in place.
It remains to be seen how helpful any of these teachings will be to pupils who lack a flesh-and-blood individual to provide them with it, creating a concrete link to reality.
