In BriefPosted:7:36 AM PST December 20, 2024Image Credits:Malte Mueller / Getty ImagesArizonas getting an online charter school taught entirely by AIThe newest online-only school greenlighted by the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools comes with a twist: the academic curriculum will be taught entirely by AI.Charter schools independently operated but publicly-funded typically get greater autonomy compared to traditional public schools when it comes to how subjects are taught. But Unbound Academys application, which proposes an AI-driven adaptive learning technology that condenses academic instruction into a two-hour window, is a first for the model. (Unbounds founders have been running a similar program at a high-end private school in Texas, which appears to be in-person.) Unbounds approach leans on ed-tech platforms like IXL and Khan Academy, and students engage with interactive, AI-powered platforms that continuously adjust to their individual learning pace and style. There will be humans, just fewer of them, and maybe not actual accredited teachers: it will adopt a human-in-the-loop approach with skilled guides monitoring progress who can provide targeted interventions and coaching for each student.Academic instruction is whittled down to just two hours. The remainder of the students day will include life-skills workshops covering areas such as critical thinking, creative problem-solving, financial literacy, public-speaking, goal-setting, and entrepreneurship. The online-only school targets students from fourth to eighth grades. TopicsAI