Concerned Former Alpha Parents

Sharing our personal experiences as former Alpha parents
Exposing Alpha’s methodology & corrupt leadership.
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[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@sarah_cone Leave Elizabeth alone to run her little company. Healthcare needs innovation.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@FortuneMagazine @FortuneMagazine time to start asking some tougher questions.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@WayneVaughan @alexanderrusso Exactly. Why doesn’t @Alphaschool just demo their tech to the public…let the public be the judge.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

Motivation without expertise is a pep talk.

Pretty expensive for $+50k a year.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

Alpha hires Guides.

That isn’t innovation.

It’s a downgrade of the adult in the room.
They’re just a motivator with a dashboard.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

“High standards, high support” sounds great until the support person has no training on the subject.

How are they going to help you in math, reading, literacy??

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@sarah_cone We’re all for improving education.

I would caution you though.

You wouldn’t want to be the person who said “hey why are you so mad at ENRON, they’re just doing things differently”.

Enron was a scam. So is Alpha.

And we know. Soon, everyone will know.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@alexanderrusso @alexanderrusso easy fix. Ask Alpha to do a public demo. Let the world see their “AI” at work

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@alexanderrusso Hey @nytimes , how about you ask Alpha to show proof their kids only work 2 hours a day. @alexanderrusso The data would show that students spend hours working at home.

Deceptive advertising

[Michael Petrilli @MichaelPetrilli]

Two hard-hitting, must-read takes on @Alphaschool

@benjaminjriley: My So-Called Alpha School https://t.co/9T7KbLqNqP

@VanSchoales: Alpha School’s Theranos problem
https://t.co/HIa0rVPQLo

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@VanSchoales we have called Mackenzie Price the Elizabeth Holmes of education for some time. You are spot on

https://t.co/6zaRfsOX2P

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@benjaminjriley the churn in students isn’t random. We believe it’s required to hit the numbers.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

Alpha claims students learn at +2x the speed.

We found this sole metric to be very flawed. Guides didn’t care how you learned, what topics the kid was struggling in. They were just focused on the number.

Plus, many children were behind grade level expectations.

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

Once a class has too many of these students, the algorithm needs to refill the classroom with more kids who have more potential to 2x.

Maybe that’s why Alpha has to grow so aggressively even in the eyes of HUGE growing pains.

Alpha needs an inflow of new students who can 2x..

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

Mackenzie Price assuring you your kids will only work 2 hours per day

[Concerned Former Alpha Parents @AlphaProblem]

@DanielFNash @benjaminjriley The school allows parents to use Alpha’s company credit card to host events at their home.