Would You Trust AI To Teach Your Kids? | MacKenzie Price #491 | The Way I Heard It

Education is one of those subjects everybody has an opinion about, mostly because most of us have survived it. Some people think our schools are fundamentally broken. Others think the system works—it just needs more money, more quality teachers, and fewer politicians. Then along comes Mackenzie Price, who says the whole thing has been built on the wrong foundation from the start. Mackenzie is the founder of Alpha School, where students spend about two hours a day on academics, AI does much of the tutoring, teachers become guides instead of lecturers, homework practically disappears, and the results are...well, hard to ignore. Naturally, I had questions. A lot of them. Is AI about to make teachers obsolete? Is our education system actually broken—or are we just nostalgic for something that never worked as well as we remember? What happens when kids learn at their own pace instead of the speed of the classroom? Is failure really the fuel we've been trying so hard to protect our children from? What followed was one of the more surprising conversations I've had in a while. We talked about a lot of things, like why so many kids are either bored or lost in the classroom, silent lunch (yes, that's apparently a thing), and why some of the smartest people in America believe the biggest disruption AI will bring won't happen in the workplace—it'll happen in the classroom. I found myself agreeing with things I didn't expect to agree with, questioning things I'd always taken for granted, and wondering if the most important innovation in education might have less to do with technology than with finally admitting the system we've inherited isn't serving the people it was built to help. I'm still not sure I agree with everything Mackenzie says, but I left the conversation convinced that she's asking questions the rest of us probably should have started asking a long time ago. Have a listen. Chances are you'll have an opinion by the end. Learn more about Alpha School at: https://hubs.la/Q04m3_r70 #podcast #education #AI A special thanks to: Stand Together—a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Learn more about the people making a difference in their communities and how Stand Together supports their efforts: https://bit.ly/4gyfs4e Or subscribe for more stories of changemakers: @StandTogetherCC Army of Normal Folks—hosted by Bill Courtney, this podcast shines a light on everyday bloody do-gooders who take it upon themselves to make their communities a better place. Every episode proves what can happen when regular, like-minded people decide to attack a problem from the bottom up. Give it a listen by visiting: https://bit.ly/ArmyOfNormalFolksPodcast Digs—an AI-powered platform that's helping builders spend less time chasing PDFs, scrolling through text threads, and searching for the latest plans. By connecting everything into one visual workflow, Digs helps builders save time, reduce costly mistakes, and make every project run more smoothly. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/DigsMikeRowe If you like me, and even if you don't, subscribe to my channels and follow me. Much obliged. https://www.youtube.com/@therealmikerowe https://www.youtube.com/@therealmikeroweshorts https://www.youtube.com/@PYSKshow http://instagram.com/mikerowe http://facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe https://twitter.com/mikeroweworks 00:00 Education's enemy 05:29 The average student ‍ 11:23 Apprenticeship model 17:13 Having a growth mindset 28:34 Teacher's new role ‍ 34:50 Using AI for good 40:44 Cognitive Load Theory 46:35 Mastery learning 52:03 Motivating students 57:12 Escape room learning 01:07:46 The school choice 01:20:41 Having high standards 01:25:53 Tuition costs 01:37:44 The public school system