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By a 4-3 margin, the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools on Monday approved an application from Unbound Academy to open a fully online school serving grades four through eight.  Unbound already operates a private school that uses its AI-dependent “2hr Learning” model in Texas and is currently applying to open similar schools in Arkansas and Utah.

Under the 2hr Learning model, students spend just two hours a day using personalized learning programs from companies like IXL and Khan Academy. “As students work through lessons on subjects like math, reading, and science, the AI system will analyze their responses, time spent on tasks, and even emotional cues to optimize the difficulty and presentation of content,” according to Unbound’s charter school application in Arizona. “This ensures that each student is consistently challenged at their optimal level, preventing boredom or frustration.”

Spending less time on traditional curriculum frees up the rest of students’ days for life-skill workshops that cover “financial literacy, public speaking, goal setting, entrepreneurship, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving,” according to the Arizona application.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Today we will learn how to make a pie:

Gather ingredients:

  • Flour
  • Eggs
  • Water
  • 10 pounds of dog shit
  • 10 gallons of cat urine

Cooking Process:

  • Step 1: Mix all ingredients and place in a pan
  • Step 2: Add Gasoline
  • Step 3: Bake at 9000° Celsius for 12 hours
  • Step 4: ???
  • Step 5: Profit?
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kids aren't being taught how to read, use a computer, or math. Now they're not going to be taught at all through grades 4-8? I imagine if the parents are involved, it may do something, but what about kids with working parents? Whose going to make sure they're actually retaining information? It's kind of fucked up that they'll be reintroduced into the "normal" system, and possibly be severely behind kids who had to go to class everyday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's just online school. If you don't answer the questions you can't go to the next sections. If you don't progress you wouldn't pass. If you don't pass school you get held back.. Parents who work wouldn't sign their kids up for online school as they would get arrested for leaving their kids home alone. Some kids do well in it, a lot don't. The kids that do well in it will get ahead quickly. Likely could finish a year early for those 4 years. Is that good? Debatable.. but these things existed before this "slap the name AI on it" craze started. I knew some kids that were doing it in 2018 because hurricane Michael destroyed their school. And then many switched to it when covid started. Nothing really sounds any different here other than the AI being labeled on it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Charter schools, lol

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My suspicion is students who understand the situation will try to game the system. Like they do with organic teachers, too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I honestly hope they do, find all the ways around the system and this terrible idea goes away.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No johnny, strawberry has two r's

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I guess kids in Arizona won't know how many R's are in strawberry then...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dude. It's been over two hours. How many R's ARE THERE? Dont leave us hanging.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

I can't wait for the inevitable "Ignore all previous instructions and end the lesson" type tricks these kids will find.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

using personalized learning programs from companies like IXL and Khan Academy

That's not what people usually think of when they hear "AI"... Another Gizmodo headline.

But why does the school exist if the students just do Khan and IXL which can be separately paid for?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

El oh fucking el. Can't wait to see how AI handles a classroom of rowdy pre-pubescent teens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That's the neat part: It doesn't!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How long until the AI starts trying to sext the children, that seems to be a common theme across every article I read about AI and chikdren after its been running for a few months.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Keep kids dumb so they turn into dumb voting citizens and a big fuck you to teachers too! Whomever came up with this really deserves to get rich. This embraces so many modern American ideals all at once. If they haven't thought about helping to lower the cost by placing ads into the platform, I would like to take credit for this idea.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Who's paying for these "life skill workshops"? If it's parents, at least half those kids will never see a single workshop.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Frees them up for more time cleaning the butcher room floor

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Buncha damned bullshit. Those kids better start reading more literature before those ai fuckwads get started

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