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title: "A.I School is in Session: 2 Takes on the Future of Education"
description: On the New York Times' Hard Fork podcast, Alpha co-founder MacKenzie Price explains how AI builds personalized lessons and reshapes the teacher's role.
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# [A.I School is in Session: 2 Takes on the Future of Education](https://www.thefutureofeducation.org/blog/a.i-school-is-in-session-2-takes-on-the-future-of-education)

 Written by [Future of Education](https://www.thefutureofeducation.org/blog/author/future-of-education) | Sep 5, 2025, 4:00:00 PM

On Hard Fork, a New York Times podcast, check in on the state of artificial intelligence in education. We talk with a co-founder of Alpha Schools, MacKenzie Price, about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students.

[Read More >](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/podcasts/hardfork-education-alpha-school.html)

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